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Three Fires

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

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Prosecutors said in court that Halstenberg attempted three fires Sept. 5, 2024, in the city of Highland.

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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.

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They set at least three fires in the area including a car that burned in the middle of the intersection.

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Prosecutors accused him of deliberately starting three fires within a single hour in the city of Highland.

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