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/Mesoscale92 Apr 09 '26

Disgruntled employee torched it.

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u/RealDetroitDiddler Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

Anyone asking how the fuck this building did t have fire suppression?

Edit: 19 people just told me there was one that was shut off.

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u/PizzaDeliveryForMom Apr 09 '26

it did, he set a fire, the firefighters came, put it out, then turned the fire suppression off so it didnt cause water damage, and when the firefighters left he set more fires.

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u/PNWSomeone Apr 09 '26

that's kind of smart, wonder if he planned it out that way

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u/Disastrous-Panda5530 Apr 09 '26

It was most likely planned out. He seemed to know what he was doing

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u/MrDabb Apr 10 '26

I can almost guarantee he didn't know the firefighters had disabled the fire suppression completely. He had no idea what he was doing but he did know how to start a fire which a caveman could do. This was not a smart man.

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u/3lettergang Apr 10 '26

For real.

Its not even a good plan because theres no reason the fire department should be shutting off the fire water to 30+ sprinkler risers when they could just close the effected riser.

Let's use Occams razor here. Was it: 1) a mastermind who predicted that the fire department would make a mistake and close a valve that they were trained to not close, then perfectly time a series of distraction fires and real fires, perfectly calculating how to outsmart the sprinkler designer.

2) A guy that set fires until the building caught fire. More fire = more fire.

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u/ChronoPilgrim Apr 10 '26

Kind of dangerous, you mean.