The present work presents a new method, supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), for arson debris sample preparation. Via an orthogonal array experimental design, the optimal conditions of SFE were obtained. In these conditions with the temperature increased to 85 °C , the recovery of different types of arson accelerants was better than 80% in a 25-minme extraction. The between-sample relative standard deviation was smaller than 10%. Furthermore, only limited interference components were coextracted. Compared with other existing methods, the proposed method is more rap id, convenient and efficient as demonstrated by the extractions of a series of simulated fire residues, thus enhancing its applicability in arson debris sample pretreatment.