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In March, federal prosecutors filed charges against three people accused of using Molotov cocktails to set fire to Tesla cars and charging stations in Colorado, Oregon, and South Carolina.
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Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2025
The man who allegedly set fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence on the first night of Passover planned to beat him with a hammer, authorities said in court documents released Monday.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Nearly four months after the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began investigating the Palisades fire, investigators set fire to parts of the Temescal Ridge Trail between Skull Rock and Green Peak on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Impulsive, egocentric, and mendacious, Trump has, in the same span, set fire to the integrity of his office.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
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Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2025
The man who allegedly set fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence on the first night of Passover planned to beat him with a hammer, authorities said in court documents released Monday.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Nearly four months after the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began investigating the Palisades fire, investigators set fire to parts of the Temescal Ridge Trail between Skull Rock and Green Peak on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Impulsive, egocentric, and mendacious, Trump has, in the same span, set fire to the integrity of his office.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Set fire to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20fire%20to. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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