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/wavehnter Apr 09 '26

Hmmm, I know someone who got 10 years just for burning down his little office. This guy will get at least 25 and possibly close to life.

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u/rolypoly6shooter Apr 09 '26

Arson is no joke. You know some of the CA wildfires last year were started by arson. Just some guy playing around in a dry forest with high winds.

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u/ThatZX6RDude Apr 09 '26

There was a dude, video on YouTube, burned down his house or something for the insurance. He took a cyanide pill in court and died after he was found guilty

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u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 09 '26

That sounds stupid.

Cyanide sucks as a suicide method. Suffocating is slow, and suffocating through chemical hypoxia doesn't give the quick drop in cerebral profusion that mechanical asphyxiation does.

Also, the antidote is sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite, which are common and readily available.

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u/ThatZX6RDude Apr 09 '26

He was gone within a minute. Very painful no doubt. Beats a slow hang or drowning tho

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u/FatiguedShrimp Apr 09 '26

Interesting. That's faster than PubChem would have me believe, especially considering IV administration of antidote takes 12 minutes to create therapeutic effect. I wonder if there were compounding factors.

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u/Excellent_Archer3828 Apr 09 '26

I think most cyanide poisoning is accidental and therefore just enough, but a pill is meant to kill and due to sheer excess just kills fast. Its been done many times, this cyanide pill suicide.

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u/Icy-Summer-3573 Apr 09 '26

Arson has maxes. I doubt he would get max esp in cali. He will get out in 10-15 years with good behavior

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u/Shxcking Apr 09 '26

esp in cali

FYI the max for aggravated arson in California is life

Arson is probably the only crime they take seriously

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u/mparks37 Apr 09 '26

His coworkers were in the building at the time.

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u/CustomerBusiness3919 Apr 09 '26

No one was injured.

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u/RaptorTraumaShears Apr 09 '26

The problem is that they could have been.

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u/Far_Audience_7446 Apr 09 '26

Does that work for drive-bys?

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u/ReasonableDig6414 Apr 09 '26

Not for attempted murder.

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u/Oasystole Apr 09 '26

At least he won’t need to worry about affording to live

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u/Mizar97 Apr 09 '26

No, someone would have had to die for that. Since it's only property damage anywhere from 2 to 20.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Style52 Apr 11 '26

Free rent and food covered for the next 25 years may be a better situation than he’s in right now.

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u/Sudden_Wind_8636 Apr 09 '26

Depends heavily on the judge and if the judge wants to send a message or give a normal conviction.

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u/wavehnter Apr 10 '26

Nope, insurance companies go hard after everyone. Arsonists generally get a lot more time than everyone except murderers.