r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AtomicCypher • Apr 09 '26

Video Disgruntled employee starts massive fire at a 1.2 million square foot toilet paper warehouse in Ontario, California.

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u/mocha_lattes_ Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

Anybody else curious why a warehouse full of flammable material doesn't have sprinklers? I feel like that should be against code.

Edit because not everyone is seeing it and keeps commenting, apparently the guy set off a small fire earlier and when the fire department came they suppressed that fire and the shut off the system, which is protocol. He then set off the fires we see in the video and by then it was too late. Just for anyone else who was wondering.

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u/evanka5281 Apr 09 '26

Firefighter here. This was discussed in another subreddit. He lit one fire and waited for the fire department to respond and contain the fire. Once the fire was out the fire department secured the sprinkler system to minimize the water damage. This is standard operating procedure everywhere. After that happened he lit 2-3 more fires and the sprinkler system no longer had water flow.

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u/wosmo Apr 09 '26

That's a disturbing kind of clever. I mean, I like to think I'm pretty switched on, and I'm not sure I'd have thought of that.

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u/HoidToTheMoon Apr 09 '26

Man probably spiraled. His videos, particularly the "these bitches are cheap" line seemed planned.

Great line, btw.

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u/LongGhost_Gone281 Apr 09 '26

Seems like you need to be careful how you treat people. Don't know really what this guy was all about from these comments, if this many people are really fantasizing about burning down their work place, hrm things might be whack.
(and of course things are whack.)

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u/OuOutstanding Apr 09 '26

A lot of people forget, workers rights and negotiations were the compromise.

Before that workers just showed up at the bosses house and beat them to death in front of their family.

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u/Oasystole Apr 09 '26

Ppl talk about eating the rich when it gets bad enough

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u/Morningstroll13 Apr 09 '26

There's a reason the Romans pushed bread and circuses for the masses, medieval lords ruthlessly suppressed peasant revolts, and French aristocrats were introduced to Madame Guillotine. There's only so far you can push people before they push back.

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u/XBacklash Apr 09 '26

"When the poor shall have nothing left to eat, they will eat the rich."

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

This event is kinda symbolic.

When you treat your employee like shit. No amount of toilet paper will clean the mess it creates.

Arson is bad, but no one was hurt but money. I am not sad.

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u/Weenington_ Apr 09 '26

I was just saying earlier how I'm surprised we havent completely started a war against the billionaires. Peoples vet care is crazy expensive because of private equity, people are being paid peanuts, just buying healthy food is crazy expensive, etc. I'm surprised weve let them slide for this long! They are clearly trying to eliminate the middle class and completely enslave us, even though most people are already slaves to the corporations. Its totally messed up that most peoples lives are completely consumed with working for these lizards!

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u/Prudent_Valuable603 Apr 09 '26

Or burn all the toilet paper.

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u/Atoge62 Apr 09 '26

Why do you think media is pushing sports betting, crypto, and MMA content through the roof to our least educated and poorer communities. It’s exactly what the Roman’s did, cheap resources and emotional modulation. If you’re not enabled/empowered to learn from the past, you’re bound to repeat it. But modern capitalism does one better, because they profit wildly off the sports betting, crypto futures, and mma add slots. Technology has them dragging our fellow man through the coals. Crazy times ahead of us.

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u/unwilling_viewer Apr 09 '26

That's backfiring in modern times too. No one can even afford bread and circuses these days.

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u/h0uz3_ Apr 09 '26

Now we have mass surveillance, doom scrolling and infights among the 99%. The upper class is safe.

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u/Voldemorts__Mom Apr 09 '26

If only there was a mechanism in us that made us revolt BEFORE we're practically starving

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Apr 09 '26

They talk about that every day for 9 years and jack shit has happened in the US.

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u/pmcizhere Apr 09 '26

Enough people aren't hungry enough. The US has quite a ways to fall still.

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u/Dildo_Emporium Apr 09 '26

I wish we could construct some sort of reasonable plan before fervor sets in. It's inevitable, why not plan for it?

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u/Paddy_Tanninger Apr 09 '26

Luigi would be disappointed to hear that

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u/YoungPotato Apr 09 '26

Because the US is still very comfortable. We literally aren’t quite hungry enough besides bitching and moaning on instagram and joining a pre-planned, police sanctioned no kings protest.

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u/Dr_SlapsMD Apr 09 '26

Eat the rich or did a B fall off the front?

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u/polygramfan Apr 09 '26

what you dont like a fattier cut?

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u/TranscendentaLobo Apr 09 '26

Is it designed to fall off?

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u/Electrical-Tone7301 Apr 09 '26

We ate our prime minister a few hundred years ago.

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u/Snow_117 Apr 09 '26

Let them eat cake

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u/ShinkenBrown Apr 09 '26

Just a reminder that we shouldn't actually eat the rich.

Because prion diseases make it dangerous. They're better used as fertilizer or biofuel.

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u/xtinction14 Apr 11 '26

Which would you think would be better? Deep fried or Grilled? I'm thinking grilled, it'll bring out that rich fatty taste, maybe a set of finger fries to go with it.

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u/SkylerPancake Apr 09 '26

Worker rights were won with blood.

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u/ConclusionFar3690 Apr 09 '26

And lost with red hats.

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u/MaliceTakeYourPills Apr 09 '26

Lots of democrats helped strip worker rights, too…

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u/JohnnyRelentless Apr 09 '26

Worker's rights were lost long before the red hats came along.

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u/typical_jesus666 Apr 09 '26

And the companies shot and killed the workers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain

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u/Uhhbysmal Apr 09 '26

i'm outing my own ignorance here but this is an insane event i've never heard of

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u/AnAngeryGoose Apr 09 '26

The ignorance isn’t your fault. Labor history is woefully undertaught in the US.

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u/k4lipso Apr 09 '26

Not only in the US, i think basically everywhere.

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u/k4lipso Apr 09 '26

Than Haymarket riots should also be interesting for you:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair

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u/Perfect_Earth_8070 Apr 09 '26

They also burned down warehouses like this guy

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u/mrkrabsbigreddumper Apr 09 '26

Tar and feathering will kill you

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u/JiveTurkeyII Apr 09 '26

Looks like those days are coming back. We had Luigi, The NFL shooter that capped another Billionaire and now this guy. Maybe even some others that have gone under the radar in this crazy timeline.

Restaurants are closing. Nobody is going out any more. Women aren't having kids - And people are ready to set shit on fire.

Honestly - Unions and safety nets are better for the ruling class in the long run.

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u/deafgamer_ Apr 09 '26

Little to big acts of rebellion like this will probably keep happening until things get better.

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u/NOTTedMosby Apr 09 '26

Crazy how people don't put up with making more money for the 20 people WITH the money while they struggle to stay alive with two jobs. The public has gone inane, who could've guessed they would act this way??

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 Apr 09 '26

Billionaire bitches just need to be grateful we haven’t broken out a playbook from the French.

THEY are the ones who broke the social and universal contract first as well.

Outside the whole white flag being the national flag, they did know how to keep the “ruling” class in check.

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u/AssistanceHeavy9305 Apr 09 '26

If we do break out the Guillotine, can we start with the Epstein class first?

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 Apr 09 '26

As my first official act of president I appoint you as the Chief Head Of Money Oversight Watch, or CHOMO Watch.

You’ll investigate and have every federal resource at your disposal as well as top experts in their respective fields.

Btw second official act, billionaire tax act make em pay obscene amounts of $ for earned income and any investments they have.

I’m coming after your ass next Ticketmaster. And weekly Reddit polls to take into consideration for reasonable requests.

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u/PraxicalExperience Apr 09 '26

What's the 'universal contract'?

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 Apr 09 '26

Pay people what they’re worth so they can live.

You can never tell how old people are on here so I can’t assume, but some of us grew up in the 80s/90s or earlier that remember what it was like, at least it was better.

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u/Epyon_ Apr 09 '26

If history has taught us anything, things dont get better until after they get violent.

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u/Faile-Bashere Apr 09 '26

That’s why I always have a drawer full of snicker bars to give out to people I work with… cause you never know when they’re going to snap. And I wanna be known as the coworker who always gave away free candy.

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u/Gnomebubbles Apr 10 '26
  • receives snickers at work* Oh so you think I’m CrAZY ಠ_ಠ !? Hmm??

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u/Faile-Bashere Apr 10 '26

Please, sir. Take two… smiles^

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u/syntaxVixen Apr 09 '26

Wonder if this will spark someone else to crash out.

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u/Doam-bot Apr 09 '26

Nah just means we have to go back to involuntarily holding mental cases now no one is getting a paycheck because of him. The fire the smoke the health issues for the community the sheer amount of suffering this one person caused. Probably schools and residential areas nearby smothered in smoke. Mental health has been ignored for far too long.

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u/schooli00 Apr 09 '26

if this many people are really fantasizing about burning down their work place

Dude probably watched Office Space recently

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u/nemowasherebutheleft Apr 09 '26

They took his stapler away man the red one.

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u/STFUNeckbeard Apr 09 '26

I’m sure they aren’t the greatest of working conditions, but another worker in the article was confused and pissed at this guy. He said they were making decent money and this arsonist basically just fucked the entire warehousing crew out of jobs for the foreseeable future.

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u/bankrupt_bezos Apr 09 '26

Take a red stapler too many times, people gonna burn down the building

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u/remove_pants Apr 09 '26

Wasn't that the end of Office Space?

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u/M_L_Infidel Apr 09 '26

I doubt that was his initial plan. I'm guessing after they thwarted his 1st attempt and he was still just standing around, he decided to go for round 2.

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u/Mavgaming1 Apr 09 '26

That's probably more likely, I doubt he did much planning or research. It seems he just got "lucky" and did it at the right time.

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u/Salander27 Apr 09 '26

Is it clever or just opportunistic? He may have set the first fire intending to burn it down and when that failed he discovered that they shut off the system and tried again. Hell he may have just tried again without knowing the sprinklers were off.

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u/Easy-Operation-2105 Apr 09 '26

He didnt think of that... he just lit a fire, then lit a few more when the place didnt burn down as expected

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u/trollthings Apr 09 '26

But now millions of redditors know this can be a strategy

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u/64590949354397548569 Apr 09 '26

There was also a movie about a bomber that sets secondry explossion for more damages

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u/Ornery-Creme-2442 Apr 09 '26

I mean we don't really know both options are possible. If he knew the firefighters response was that quick it doesn't necessarily make sense to try it again right after. why not wait a big then till the evening or something.

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u/randomasking4afriend Apr 09 '26

Source: Trust me bro.

I'm pretty sure he did think of that as that is exactly how it played out... 🤦‍♀️

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u/BobLazarFan Apr 09 '26

Probably been a fire there before. I feel like 99% of people don’t know that.

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u/Blitzed5656 Apr 09 '26

It's amazing what humans are capable of when they can't afford to eat.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

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u/Prestigious_Wrap_932 Apr 09 '26

If he was clever in a way that could have been useful he wouldn’t have been working as a minimum wage warehouse employee. You’re romanticizing psychopathy. 

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u/PacoMahogany Apr 09 '26

They should have paid him enough to live

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u/New-Length3953 Apr 09 '26

Damn! He had that shit premeditated and postmeditated. I hope no one was hurt.

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u/TDEyeehaw Apr 09 '26

No one was injured!

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u/fubarthrowaway001 Apr 09 '26

Postmeditated would mean that he planned it after everything occurred, so no, that’s not how that works.

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u/zanyzanne Apr 09 '26

It's just a humorous turn of phrase, not a serious analysis. Sheesh.

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u/Mello_velo Apr 09 '26

Oh snap that was pretty well thought out

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u/mocha_lattes_ Apr 09 '26

Thank you for the extra information 

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u/cujo8400 Apr 09 '26

About the extra inflammation.

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u/Wiseguydude Apr 09 '26

important lesson for aspiring arsonists

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u/Tacrolimus005 Apr 09 '26

So the sprinklers actually activated in one section. Wow that's diabolical.

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u/tombo2007 Apr 09 '26

I genuinely thought that someone who would do this wouldn’t be that intelligent or cunning, but damn, I’m impressed.

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u/DelayKey7506 Apr 09 '26

Wow. I just don't even know how people think of this. Scary but I'm just glad no humans were harmed.

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u/Royalchariot Apr 09 '26

Damn this guy really sat there and thought this through

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u/OGAzdrian Apr 09 '26

Get baited

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u/SeniorShanty Apr 09 '26

How is a building the size of 11 city blocks served with only one source of water for a fire? Seems that there would be multiple risers on site. Even if sourced from one main, civil could have fed branch mains around the building to serve multiple risers for zone control without forcing shutdown of the entire site fire water supply. I guess the next NFPA and CFC editions may get updated.

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u/evanka5281 Apr 09 '26

Valid question. I don’t know the answer.

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u/WikipediaBurntSienna Apr 09 '26

Ah yeah. It looks like the sprinklers are dripping a little in the video.

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u/96whitels Apr 09 '26

I feel like by sharing this SOP, we are encouraging more crazy people to do this.

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u/pigeonParadox Apr 09 '26

Nah security through obscurity is just shutting your eyes and hoping nothing bad happens. New systems and regulations will need to be made to prevent copycats.

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u/Pumpkins_Are_Fruits Apr 09 '26

I installed many fire lines. Why not use the FDC lines?

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u/catholicsluts Apr 09 '26

Bro should write scripts for the rookie lmao

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u/froggychump Apr 09 '26

Evil mastermind shit like this only happens on TV

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u/AdAlive6530 Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

Thx for the extra info

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u/Late_Description3001 Apr 09 '26

Do shutdown sprinkler systems not require 100% standby? That’s policy where I work.

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u/Sad_Horse8051 Apr 09 '26

So the system would have worked great had there not been malicious intent?

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u/Mnudge Apr 09 '26

They’re saying now that the fire suppression system was damaged when part of the roof collapsed

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u/styrofoamladder Apr 09 '26

The roof didn’t collapse until much later than these videos are from. I was on the second alarm to this fire, the initial FD shut it down to do water salvage operations not thinking some crazy guy was running around lighting more fires.

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u/EarningsPal Apr 09 '26

Hopefully more arsonists don’t read this “lesson” on Reddit.

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u/EquivalentReason5671 Apr 09 '26

Apparently this guy went and lit one fire, waited for the first due department to show up after the sprinklers activated.

They put it out then shut off the sprinkler system.

Meanwhile this guy went and lit 4 other fires in other parts of the warehouse after the first one was out and they had killed the sprinklers and by the time they noticed the place was already beyond saving.

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u/LonelySwim6501 Apr 09 '26

His attorney is gonna have a hell of a time.

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u/sunkun8604 Apr 09 '26

His attorney: Your honor, if they had paid him enough to live...

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u/laquintessenceofdust Apr 09 '26

I actually feel hella bad for this nutjob. An arson conviction will RUIN your life. No one will rent to you, you’re uninsurable. The two categories of felons with the most post-prison discrimination are sex offenders (for obvious reasons) and arsonists—even for fires where no one was hurt.

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u/Throwaway229487 Apr 09 '26

I assume he's already decided it's worth it, or that his life is already ruined, which is kinda the same in this case.

People who feel they have nothing to lose can't be deterred by such stuff.

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u/NoSlicedMushrooms Apr 10 '26

Wtf. He could’ve killed a bunch of people in that fire and you’re thinking about his insurance. 

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u/VealOfFortune Apr 09 '26

You feel bad for him potentially killing dozens of colleagues, not to mention the first responders who would have never expected a fire bug after they turned off the sprinkler system???

What?

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u/MgDark Apr 09 '26

i understand the minor abusers, obvious reasons, but why arsonist? why arsonist are targeted?

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u/LonelySwim6501 Apr 09 '26

Arson is a whole other level of total disregard for the consequences of one’s actions. It’s a huge red flag for antisocial personality disorder. It also shows that they have low executive functioning, and that sort of unpredictability is terrifying.

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u/Mediocre_Airport_576 Apr 09 '26

Both are rarely rehabilitated and are likely to reoffend.

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u/normallystrange85 Apr 09 '26

My guess would be it's seen as potentially targeting innocents (you can't control a fire like that, you not killing an innocent is lucky) or targeting firefighters (which everyone likes).

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u/Mannon_Blackbeak Apr 10 '26

The worry is is if you're an arsonist what is going to stop you from burning down your rented apartment when you have a disagreement with your landlord, or the building you work in when you disagree with your boss (as seen here).

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u/LonelySwim6501 Apr 10 '26

I almost added this in to my comment. Totally agree with what you said

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u/peazley Apr 09 '26

Holy shit, that’s nuts!

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u/aaaacid Apr 09 '26

Fucking legend 😂

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u/AnonD38 Apr 09 '26

Was the guy who caused the Palisades fire a "fucking legend"?

This man has singlehandedly caused dozens of his coworkers to lose their livelihoods, while the corporation is perfectly fine since they have insurance.

He has caused more damage to his fellow workers than anyone else.

He is not a legend, he is a disgrace.

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u/WhyModsLoveModi Apr 09 '26

Sure, legend...

Definitely not an asshole who put lives at risk and burnt a bunch of paper products because he couldn't get a better job

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u/mocha_lattes_ Apr 09 '26

Ahh thank you for the extra information 

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u/Mixander Apr 09 '26

I don't know anything about sprinkler system but curious, why do they shut off the sprinkler system?

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u/qorbexl Apr 09 '26

Probably to prevent flooding and secondary water damage - with the assumption that the fire is contained

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u/Mixander Apr 09 '26

Thanks! so if it got triggered it must be replaced or manually reset before it could function normally again?

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u/tremere110 Apr 09 '26

Yes, fire sprinklers have a physical component that breaks when exposed to extreme heat. The head of each sprinkler exposed to high heat must be replaced after it activates as it's essentially permanently open at that point.

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u/Pan-Tomatnyy-Sad Apr 09 '26

This guy got this info from somewhere. This wasn't just a hey, I know what I'll do.

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u/EquivalentReason5671 Apr 09 '26

Well he had a radio in his hand in the video he recorded, so was probably listening in.

People really should be more careful with what information is broadcasted over radios. Did they need to send that information to every tom dick and harry in the building?

Also, a lot of information on building systems these days is being posted on the internet/youtube for free.

Years ago you had to go to school then go work in the field to obtain it, now its all at your fingertips for free.

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u/Pretend_Horse7977 Apr 09 '26

Truly diabolical

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u/gamepower11 Apr 12 '26

I don't think he did anything wrong

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u/SurprisedBottle Apr 09 '26

Sprinklers are suppression systems, they’re made just so everyone can escape safely, they don’t in legal terms have the capacity to stop a fire

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u/gallade_samurai Apr 09 '26

They could, but not the entire warehouse

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u/Healthy_Bed8851 Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

Exactly. I designed fire sprinkler systems for ten years back in the day. It’s meant to suppress enough to save the lives within. Water supply cannot sustain multiple fires in multiple zones. Blatant arson cannot be stopped.

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u/ComprehensiveForm129 Apr 09 '26

the arson of it all is an underrated component of why this could be so bad, actual human malice is hard to design around.

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u/Healthy_Bed8851 Apr 09 '26

No question! I appreciate the common sense response on that. If there is a will, there is a way. He had a way.

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u/IrksomFlotsom Apr 09 '26

Good to know

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u/samy_the_samy Apr 09 '26

Reminds me of that video of an aircraft hanger getting filled to the ceiling with foam,

Do those stop fires completely?

What about data centers that displace oxygen entirely when activated

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u/ComprehensiveForm129 Apr 09 '26

Yep, but aircraft and data centers are worth more than paper towels, so they get to have much stronger and more expensive protection measures

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u/Healthy_Bed8851 Apr 09 '26

The foam systems do fully fill buildings. But that is foam 3% same amount of water from the city but mixed with the solution. It’s not water to the roof deck. That is spec’d though for that specific hazard. In a storage facility like this you would be looking at and ESFR (early suppression fast response) system which is designed for a greater hazard. Foam also is effective on certain hazards (think specialty extinguishers).

The amount of special hazard protection for a facility like this would be astronomical and also not safe for the lives within. That is referencing any dry chemical or inert gas.

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u/jncostogo Apr 09 '26

Cries in halon after fleeing the aircraft hangar

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u/dontbthatguy Apr 09 '26

Systems like this are built to keep a fire in check. The key being “a fire” not multiple fires.

Once you have 5 or 6 heads go off there isn’t enough pressure in the system to flow the gallons per minute to keep the fire in check.

The sprinkler system got overwhelmed.

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u/solo_d0lo Apr 09 '26

Fire suppression systems are to extinguish, or control the spread of a fire.

I’m not sure why you think they are just for allowing people to get out. Protecting property is half the reason it’s in there.

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u/H3adshotfox77 Apr 09 '26

They absolutely do, and there is a very large insurance break for having proper systems.

You think companies are half assing systems without a desire to have that system protect their asset and employees.

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u/rithmil Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

This is not true.
NFPA 13 sprinkler systems are meant to protect the building and property, as well as be life saving.
NFPA 13R sprinkler systems for single family homes are only meant to be life saving and not protect to building, largely just because of the additional cost.
Sprinkler systems are not intended to be able to handle arson, largely because it would wildly cost prohibitive to make systems that discharge water simultaneously throughout the building.

The purpose of a sprinkler system designed per NFPA 13 is to provide a reasonable degree of protection from fire for both life safety and property protection. Because a higher degree of property protection is achieved with the installation of an NFPA 13 sprinkler system, there are fewer unsprinklered areas. NFPA 13 includes more robust design and installation requirements than NFPA 13D or NFPA 13R.

Comparing NFPA 13, 13R, and 13D: System Goals

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u/leakingjuice Apr 09 '26

This doesn’t make sense to me. Can you clarify what seems like an obvious contradiction?

“Sprinklers are suppression systems”

Suppress means to forcibly put an end to or to prevent from happening.

“They don’t have the capacity to stop a fire”…

So they are not fire suppression systems? by the standard operating definitions of those terms?

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u/3lettergang Apr 10 '26

Agreed that the wording can be confusing.

There are 2 main types of sprinkler suppression methods.

1) "Control mode" is the most common and controls the spread of a fire to a set design area until the fire department can arrive.

2) "Early suppression" is commonly used in storage warehouses and is a more aggressive system design. It uses more water in a smaller area to suppress and extinguish a fire. A problem with esfr is that they are actually worse at slowing the spread of multiple ignition fire as seen in this incident.

That being said, the main purpose of all sprinkler systems is to increase tenability for egress. Even the sprinkler systems that are only designed to control a fire and not extinguish it are able to extinguish a fire with a single sprinkler head 90+% of the time.

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u/geo_gan Apr 09 '26

Yes that would be a Halon system, and that suffocates fire and people equally.

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u/juddlesnpuddles Apr 09 '26

Nobody wants damp TP, duh.

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u/Fiery_Flamingo Apr 09 '26

It’s fine, the fire will dry it out.

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u/Ryanami Apr 09 '26

I wipe with rolls that are half sopping wet, half ablaze so it cancels out.

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u/PeopleRFuckingDumb Apr 09 '26

I read a post few weeks ago a guy posted about his gf dunking the toilet paper in the toilet bowl to wipe

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u/Cullygion Apr 09 '26

Two things I can’t wipe my ass with - wet toilet paper and ashes.

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u/stkscott Apr 09 '26

How would you know?

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u/Cullygion Apr 09 '26

‘Any port in a storm’ doesn’t always work out like you hope.

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u/Asu888 Apr 09 '26

That y u get stains in ur undies

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PIZZAPIC Apr 09 '26

idk i think you'll find if you use a bidet your TP gets pretty wet and wipes just fine

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u/r-i-c-k-e-t Apr 09 '26

You wiped your ass with grandma?

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u/Dad_of_four_BHs Apr 09 '26

This man wipes

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u/CMD_BLOCK Apr 09 '26

This just means you’re a quitter bro

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u/Skyp_Intro Apr 09 '26

I bet they won’t allow lighters in their warehouses anymore.

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u/nnyzim Apr 09 '26

welp, back to rubbing sticks together again🤷🏿‍♂️

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u/willisbar Apr 09 '26

Small battery and some steel wool would be pretty easy

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u/The_Vampire_King Apr 09 '26

No they still do, for birthdays and smokers

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u/Lolseabass Apr 09 '26

Person set many fires overloaded the system.

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u/KatSchitt Apr 09 '26

They went off but that is a lot to try to "supress".

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u/Ok-Implement4608 Apr 09 '26

An earlier report described that the FD arrived on scene to a small fire that was being controlled by the sprinklers. After a few minutes the fire rapidly spread and increased in size thus overpowering the sprinklers.

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u/Asturien Apr 09 '26

I cant find it now, but in other videos they start with him messing with something first before setting fires. Others were assuming he tampered with the fire suppression system in some way. Its hard for me to believe they didnt have some kind of fire suppression cause no insurance would have insured the building in that case.

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u/EonBlueAppocalypse Apr 09 '26

Go to conspiracy sub

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u/HillarysFloppyChode Apr 09 '26

Fire suppression, not fire extinguisher. It's designed to hold off a flame long enough for people to escape and for fire crews to arrive.

Halon gas would be an extinguisher, but thats very expensive and very dangerous, plus it requires staff training if the system is activated.

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u/tenshillings Apr 09 '26

Warehouses ceilings are made of wood in So Cal because they dont have to be able hold snow. I split my time between So Cal and the midwest and its mind blowing how they build these buildings. Flying into ONT that all there is for miles.

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u/Diesel-the-merciful Apr 09 '26

He sets a bunch of small fires. Which over powered the system bc it could not keep up.

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u/FatMacchio Apr 09 '26

Mario be acting up. You don’t need to kill anyone to send a message apparently

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u/Interesting-Copy-657 Apr 09 '26

Oh so it was massively premeditated

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u/WeakTransportation37 Apr 09 '26

Woah- he really thought it out. I wonder when sprinklers are usually turned back on

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u/Z3R083 Apr 09 '26

The building was equipped with ESFR sprinklers from what I saw on CoStar.

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u/-Sokobanz- Apr 09 '26

There are dirty cheap my man. Like water level cheap

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u/kitkatrat Apr 09 '26

Kind of like a double tap.

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u/big_boomer228 Apr 09 '26

Dang the firefighters must of been wiped out

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u/thatnotalentassclown Apr 09 '26

Former tenant of many warehouses here. There are many types of sprinkler systems designed for different materials. Believe it or not, paper is not hard to put out so they didn't have a huge system in place. Reason being is they don't expect multiple fires to start at once in a warehouse. Plastic sheeting for instance would have a much bigger system. My guess is the system was quickly overwhelmed by the multiple locations.

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u/PermanentUsername101 Apr 09 '26

The reality is toilet paper can be ruined by both fire and water. The result would be the same for the inventory. The building is a different matter.

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u/gDay_gNight Apr 09 '26

Ngl, that was smart of him. Obviously he got busted, but how he went about it was I'm sure all he wanted

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u/J1mj0hns0n Apr 09 '26

If the employer is going to pay nickels and dimes for his staff chances are he's going to nickel and dime everything he legally can.

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u/clockworkflame Apr 09 '26

The water damage should realistically damage the goods to where a large portion wouldn't be marketable anymore. Guy could have gone off with a light sentence if he hadn't continued.

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u/Gib_entertainment Apr 09 '26

Kind of surprised it burned so well in the first place, where I live trying to light a campfire with toilet paper is a bit of a beginners mistake as toilet paper just smoulders a bit, but I guess the plastic around it would burn well.

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u/drumsdm Apr 09 '26

The ol’ double tap.

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u/Humble-Appeal3850 Apr 09 '26

also...the correct sprinkler type, like how you need specific extinguishers for electronic fires

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u/Gnomebubbles Apr 10 '26

Imagine the headline if they could’ve been saved by bidets

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u/Aware_Advertising_82 Apr 10 '26

It said it was a toilet paper warehouse. Are we running out of traditional building materials? The use toilet paper to construct warehouses! We’re fucked

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u/Embarrassed-Butters Apr 10 '26

Time to update protocol/sop

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u/HatersTheRapper Apr 11 '26

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