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In 2014, an FAA contract employee set a fire to sabotage the FAA Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, Illinois.
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Owen McIntire, 19, of Parkville, allegedly made an incendiary device known as a Molotov cocktail and attempted to use it to set a fire at the Kansas City Tesla dealership on State Line Road on March 17.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2025
Police allege Balmer broke into the southern wing of the residence, entering a room often used to entertain crowds and display art, and set a fire using a homemade incendiary device.
—Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Wagner is also alleged to have separately set a fire in the early morning hours of March 30 at the New Mexico state GOP party's headquarters in Albuquerque.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2025
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Owen McIntire, 19, of Parkville, allegedly made an incendiary device known as a Molotov cocktail and attempted to use it to set a fire at the Kansas City Tesla dealership on State Line Road on March 17.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2025
Police allege Balmer broke into the southern wing of the residence, entering a room often used to entertain crowds and display art, and set a fire using a homemade incendiary device.
—Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Wagner is also alleged to have separately set a fire in the early morning hours of March 30 at the New Mexico state GOP party's headquarters in Albuquerque.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Set a fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20a%20fire. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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