Deerdude said:

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Better stock up.

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I'll flat tell ya, ever since the Covid stupidity, I make sure we stock a little extra at home, just in case.

BonfireNerd04 said:

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Stacks of toilet paper or paper towels burn faster than regular paper because the hollow tube in the center creates a chimney-like airflow path.

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Intentionally made to be soft and absorbent has the perverse side effect of increased thermal combustibility.

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deddog said:

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Im assuming all the Democrats on here will contribute to his GoFundMe
Remember ...Diversity is our strength.

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Opressor-opressed narratives activated. They'll white knight harder if he's cute like that Mangione kid.

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Yep. Reddit is jerking themselves about this "hero" who stuck it to the billionaires and opined that this was a totally normal response and hoped to see more of it.

When Skynet becomes self aware, all bets are off.

Nothing is stacked to the ceiling, there are pretty strict requirements about that.

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BonfireNerd04 said:

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Stacks of toilet paper or paper towels burn faster than regular paper because the hollow tube in the center creates a chimney-like airflow path.

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Intentionally made to be soft and absorbent has the perverse side effect of increased thermal combustibility.

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What if it's stroft?

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Sid Farkas said:

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deddog said:

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Im assuming all the Democrats on here will contribute to his GoFundMe
Remember ...Diversity is our strength.

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Opressor-opressed narratives activated. They'll white knight harder if he's cute like that Mangione kid.

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Yep. Reddit is jerking themselves about this "hero" who stuck it to the billionaires and opined that this was a totally normal response and hoped to see more of it.

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Reddit posters should mention all that to the other employees that now don't have jobs in California. Should be a great conversation starter.

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Deerdude said:

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Better stock up.

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I'll flat tell ya, ever since the Covid stupidity, I make sure we stock a little extra at home, just in case.

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My neighbors tree has some big leaves on it if worst gets to worst….

There were actually a few of them, at the very bottom with a handful of down votes each.

Oh yea, you Maple country folks only think of yourselves. Here in Mesquite country we have concerns. Only leaf big enough to matter is *****ly pear.

AxelFoley85 said:

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Nothing is stacked to the ceiling, there are pretty strict requirements about that.

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I certainly would hope not. But OTOH the state of CA and local agencies/departments might not quite be up to snuff on the fire inspections, either. So if the warehouse is not getting slapped for violations, tend to let it slide over increased profitability with additional volume?

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AxelFoley85 said:

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Supposedly it runs for so long until FD comes. The guy was then starting more fires to bypass.

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It'll run until you cut the water off, you burn out the booster pump (if you have one), or you run the main dry. Once a head is opened, there's really no closing it.

Yeah, the guy set fires and the FD came and shut the system down. These systems are only meant to suppress small fires and keep them from spreading until the FD gets there, and they're designed to stay on and open until that happens or someone cuts them off. They may have shut down individual sections of the system, but even if sections of the system were shut down, he could've started a fire in one or multiple of those that could easily grow and become too much for the adjacent suppression system to stop by the time it reached it. Only the nearest heads would trigger, and at that point you have a full blown fire that they're not sized to put out. It would be like fighting a forest fire with a garden hose. The fire would easily jump the heads into the next section of warehouse and just keep going.

These systems also aren't sized to flow all or even most heads at once. You don't want that kind of deluge in a warehouse (or most settings) because then a small, localized fire creates a total loss from water damage. The system is sized and designed for containment, not putting out a giant blaze, and only a those heads that are heated enough to trigger should be going off. Deluge systems that activate every head when one is activated like in movies are actually atypical and found only in specific, high risk applications. Once this for got going, the sprinkler system was never going to stop it.

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Great explanation!

This looks like a guy who does not use toilet paper, so no loss for him.

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Emotional Support Cobra said:

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RIP to the wasted trees

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Um...I can't complain.

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Username checks out.

Score another point for ending immigration.

I worked in commercial printing for 20 years. Both the facilities I worked at had massive paper warehouses for giant 4000 lb rolls of paper for the presses. Rolls stacked 40 ft high to ceilings. A disgruntled employee at one of the plants I worked at tried to set fire to our paper warehouse one night. He doused serveral columns of paper with gas and lit them. In his head, I'm sure he pictured a scene like this Ontario fire unfolding, but those paper rolls are wound so solid and tight that they wouldn't stay lit. Might as well be trying to light a sequoia tree on fire.

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I worked in commercial printing for 20 years. Both the facilities I worked at had massive paper warehouses for giant 4000 lb rolls of paper for the presses. Rolls stacked 40 ft high to ceilings. A disgruntled employee at one of the plants I worked at tried to set fire to our paper warehouse one night. He doused serveral columns of paper with gas and lit them. In his head, I'm sure he pictured a scene like this Ontario fire unfolding, but those paper rolls are wound so solid and tight that they wouldn't stay lit. Might as well be trying to light a sequoia tree on fire.

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I have also heard paper files in filing cabinets often survive fires because they're tightly packed.

AxelFoley85 said:

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Really surprised to see this hasn't been post yet. Disgruntled immigrant sets the place on fire.

https://abc7.com/post/employee-arrested-arson-kimberly-clark-distribition-center-destroyed-massive-fire-ontario/18851549/

https://nypost.com/2026/04/07/us-news/deranged-employee-identified-as-alleged-arsonist-behind-massive-ontario-warehouse-fire/

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Suspects name is Abdulkarim.
https://forebears.io/forenames/abdulkarim
quote from the article
-Abdulkarim (Arabic: ) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, a surname. It comes from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Karim. The name means 'servant of the most Generous', Al-Karm being one of the names of God in the Qur'an,
Weird coincidence or not

You're letting your CA bias influence you're thought process.

* your

Thx Anthropic

Canada is a left wing hellhole. They'll do nothing to a poor immigrant. We must protect the mmpslbgtq++ community. Let's blame it on YT.

I never thought I'd type out that a California judge would be harsher on bail than some Harris County judges.

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He was arrested on multiple felony arson-related charges and is being held without bail. The police department noted that they have not had contact with Abdulkarim in the past, though it's unknown if he has a criminal record outside of Ontario.

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Three pages in and no reference to Milton or a red swingline stapler? Come on people.

deddog said:

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Im assuming all the Democrats on here will contribute to his GoFundMe
Remember ...Diversity is our strength.

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Diversity... it's lit!

Ontario, California but equally noted.

I'm not sure which Ontario is more screwed up.

We have federally charged Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, of Highland, in connection with the massive blaze that destroyed a 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse in Ontario early Tuesday morning, causing damages estimated at over $500 million.

Abdulkarim filmed himself setting merchandise… pic.twitter.com/4vEDUIgHRb

— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) April 10, 2026

Federal charges: 5 years min, 20 years max. Then there are also state crimes with their own penalties..

Cali jury will try to let him free

Do cali warehouses not have fire suppression systems? They have to at least have a fire sprinkler system in place, right?

agent-maroon said:

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Do cali warehouses not have fire suppression systems? They have to at least have a fire sprinkler system in place, right?

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Explained. Overwhelmed and roof collapsed.

Thanks. Missed it

Deerdude said:

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Cali jury will try to let him free

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Maybe but they won't get their shot until after the feds are done.

Isn't it still a local or loco jury?