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But the getaway was a catastrophe, the culprits failing to set fire to their truck and ladder to eliminate DNA evidence, and dropping loot during their exit—specifically, a crown made for the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III. “It had more than a thousand diamonds, 50-some emeralds,” says Ms. Sciolino.

A few days later came another job - to set fire to a van belonging to a conscription centre, film it and run.

Club Pulse, in the eastern town of Kocani, was packed with young Macedonians attending a concert by a popular hip-hop duo when sparks from pyrotechnic devices set fire to the ceiling.

When you try to set fire to wood treated with Burnblock, the material forms a protective layer of char, explains Mr Bay-Smidt.

In July, they even tried to set fire to the ruins of the Church of St. George, a 5th century Byzantine structure on Taybeh’s hilltop, Hanna and religious leaders said; the Israeli government says it’s unclear what started the blaze.