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“And finally tonight, a bodega was robbed in Brooklyn this week. The burglars shattered the store's front door, emptied the cash register and set fire to the ATM. When asked why –”

With diesel-soaked hay and plenty of space to operate, Los Angeles firefighters last week set fire to a danger that had been secretly building in Pacoima.

Firefighters soaked hay in diesel fuel, then set fire to what remained of the unattached home that evening in a “controlled burn.”

In 2003, activists set fire to a Chevrolet dealership and destroyed or defaced dozens of Hummers and other sport utility vehicles, scrawling many with the word “polluter.”

Authorities are offering a $50,000 reward for information that helps identify the people who deliberately set fire to 50-year-old Clay Buchanan’s vehicle while he was sleeping inside.