Three Fires

American  

plural noun

Buddhism.

1. the three causes of suffering, or dukkha, given as hate, greed or restlessness, and dullness of mind: they are extinguished in Nirvana.

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Example Sentences

Det Insp Jim Willougby believes all three fires were started by the same person.

From BBC

That total doesn’t yet include the acres burned in three fires that started in Southern California on Monday, including the 348-acre Gold fire in San Bernardino County, or the Gifford fire, which ignited Friday in a rural, mountainous stretch across the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county line and has scorched more than 65,000 acres.

From Los Angeles Times

Public records also showed that during the night of Jan. 7, there was only one person sending out alerts for the three fires that raged across the county: Eaton, Palisades and Hurst.

From Los Angeles Times

As of 07:00 GMT, North Wales crews were still tackling three fires at Carrog near Corwen, at Talysarn near Mynydd Cilgwyn, and a new one which only started in the morning at Mynydd Llandygai Bethesda.

From BBC

Just one person from the county’s Office of Emergency Management was sending alerts for the three fires — Palisades, Eaton and Hurst — raging that night, according to county alert metadata, which includes the sender’s email address.

From Los Angeles Times