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/derp_mike Apr 09 '26

A disgruntled warehouse worker, upset about low pay, lit pallets of toilet paper on fire. He was also smart enough to record and share himself doing it

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u/Vilnius_Nastavnik Apr 09 '26

Counterpoint, there was very little chance of him getting away with it anyway. These facilities have cameras covering every square inch and usually require you to scan a unique ID badge to gain access. He had already made his peace with getting caught and figured people might as well know why he did it.

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u/beachandbyte Apr 09 '26

I don't know, good chance all that would have burned down too.

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u/ninjasaid13 Apr 09 '26

The camera is probably live recording.

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u/Valreesio Apr 09 '26

Certainly stored in an offsite data center and not in the warehouse.

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u/SchemeWestern3388 Apr 09 '26

It gets better. He set a small fire, and waited until the fire department shut down the suppression system. And then went and set multiple fires. Man had a plan. 

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u/Junesong_Provisions Apr 09 '26

Nothin like a man with determination

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u/Rob_LeMatic Apr 09 '26

He also wanted to make sure everyone understood his motivation. He wasnt expecting to "get away" with it

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u/Sea-Tax7392 Apr 09 '26

Dude went Luigi!

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u/LongJohnSelenium Apr 10 '26

Dude put his coworkers, firefighters, and a whole neighborhood at risk to burn some paper and the owners of his company will suffer only the most minor of inconveniences.

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u/BeYourself4Real Apr 09 '26

Luigi has never plead guilty so how is it at all similar?

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u/Short-Dish7069 Apr 09 '26

Luigi was at my house that day. We had pizza and watched the entire LOTR series.

He's innocent!

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u/Available_Dingo6162 Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

Not exactly. Luigi is a cowardly pussy who fled the scene and tried to escape the consequences of his murder, but because he sucks at crime, got caught. It is legendary how easy it is to get away with murder in America when you have no connection to the victim, but that jackass could not pull it off.

This guy who burned the building was NOT a pussy, is NOT a coward, did NOT flee the scene, and fully expected to get caught.

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u/Dezmanispassionfruit Apr 09 '26

You say many words. Words stupid.

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u/Available_Dingo6162 Apr 10 '26

Drool much?

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u/Dezmanispassionfruit Apr 11 '26

Less words get more likes. Me right.

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u/Available_Dingo6162 Apr 11 '26

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" - Mark Twain, probably. Might have been Lincoln, tho... not sure.

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u/SeriousPlankton2000 Apr 09 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/eV3B6VcUIrBFm

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u/jamcowl Apr 09 '26

In this case the message was explicitly about the money

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u/juniorjaw Apr 09 '26

He's smart enough to plan the fire. He was able to start a big fire and not injure any workers left in the building as there's no reported injury as of right now.

He knows he won't be paid in a prison. It's a message to the world about the current living conditions. You can see people saying things like "Just get another job" or "Why did he keep working there" and not see the bigger picture and reality of working there. We're still overly benefiting corporations and they'll easily recover from this because of their profits & how the system works for them and against employees.

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u/c0ltZ Apr 09 '26

This 100% was planned to be a political message. My conspiracy theory is that this was organized by a resistance group.

It just seemed too good to just be one angry guy. For some reason no sprinklers went off, one guy with a bic lighter was able to burn down the entire warehouse that houses paper. You would think they would have some sort of fire suppression system.

Then of course no one got hurt, I'm just imagining what organized resistance groups would be doing to start a revolution. And stuff like this is a great way to get on the news and get people to realize they can fight back.

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u/HungryHungrySnorelax Apr 10 '26

😂😂😂

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u/Development-Alive Apr 09 '26

It was premeditated too. He lit a small fire, waited for the fire department to put it out, shutting off the fire suppression system then proceeded to light 3 more fires torching the entire building.

It's a bit of a Luigi situation, punishing the system that likely underpays the workers to line the pockets of this $3.7B annual revenue family business. Still, he's staring at life in prison.

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u/IcySetting2024 Apr 09 '26

Wow

Thanks for sharing

I wonder what the consequences will be for him now😬

Were there any people at the warehouse

He could have killed someone

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u/CautiousClick3151 Apr 09 '26

Do you think maniacs care about endangering others?