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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.
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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
Activists elsewhere have set fire to Tesla charging stations, scrawled swastikas into Tesla vehicles and sprayed graffiti on dealerships.
—Heather Knight, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Paris said the suspect jumped a fence at the Governor's Residence, evaded troopers on site who were looking for him, then broke into the residence and set fire to the building before escaping back over the fence.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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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
Activists elsewhere have set fire to Tesla charging stations, scrawled swastikas into Tesla vehicles and sprayed graffiti on dealerships.
—Heather Knight, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Paris said the suspect jumped a fence at the Governor's Residence, evaded troopers on site who were looking for him, then broke into the residence and set fire to the building before escaping back over the fence.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 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 12 May. 2025.
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