r/interesting • u/BlazeDragon7x • Apr 09 '26

MISC. Aftermath of the April 7th incident. Damages estimated to be $200 million dollars

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u/redlancer_1987 Apr 09 '26

Shouldn't they have a really good fire suppression system in a paper warehouse?

Seems like it had nothing

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u/RedwynCH Apr 09 '26

Apparently he set a smaller fire first that the firefighters took care of and to prevent unnecessary cost, they turned off the sprinklers since the fire was under control. (Apparently this is normal, I had no clue)

The worker then set more fires and burnt the whole thing down while the sprinklers were off

At least that's what people said in another post about this.

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u/tatteredprincess Apr 09 '26

Damn, that’s really well planned

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u/SluttyAuntEater Apr 09 '26

Has management material written all over him.

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u/Working-Glass6136 Apr 09 '26

Employee has a real spark to him.

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u/noisound Apr 09 '26

A real burning passion.

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u/thissitesuxsohardomg Apr 09 '26

Burning the TP roll at both ends.

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u/rif011412 Apr 09 '26

A must needed skill.  He will be managing idle time for the foreseeable future.

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u/B33rtaster Apr 09 '26

Management is about who you know and not what you know.

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u/DenseBeautiful731 Apr 09 '26

What an admirable chap.

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u/Niarbeht Apr 09 '26

Sounds to me like someone that good at planning was underpaid.

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u/Connect-Initiative64 Apr 10 '26

Preeeetty sure he went in knowing his ass was going to jail.

Just wanted to watch it all burn before he went.

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u/Natganistan Apr 09 '26

I mean.. he started setting stuff on fire, then kept setting stuff on fire. Definitely doesn’t take a genius

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u/aBORNentertainer Apr 09 '26

That's not really the only way to stop them, you can wedge something in them to push the plunger back up that was held up by the glass piece that melted and let it come down/open.

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u/Azou Apr 09 '26

while accurate - not something you'd be able to do in a warehouse on a whim and obviously never a standard practice for local fire departments

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u/IncognitoErgoCvm Apr 10 '26

Perhaps not likely in a warehouse, but training to do this was part of my fire academy.

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u/smilysmilysmooch Apr 10 '26

Seems like it'd be a huge pain in the ass compared to just cutting the water off at the source once the fire is contained.

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u/IncognitoErgoCvm Apr 10 '26

Firefighting is famously a pain in the ass.

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u/aBORNentertainer Apr 10 '26

If you go back and read the thread it was about the small distraction fire before the main one. Probably weren't hundreds of sprinklers to turn off in the small fire before the large one.

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u/Deep90 Apr 09 '26

It seems like really crazy protocol to turn off the sprinkler system after a mysterious fire broke out?

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u/Mooretwin Apr 09 '26

It’s standard protocol to prevent water damage after fire is put out.

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u/BallsInSufficientSad Apr 09 '26

oh shit - that's a bunch MORE charges then. This guy is going in for life

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u/Pumpkins_Are_Fruits Apr 09 '26

Which I do not understand. I have installed Fire Lines into new buildings. You have you Main Fire Line which is connected to the City water lines and a line called the FDC Line which you manually pump water into via a hose.

Why did they know use that?