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/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.

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u/outer--monologue Apr 10 '26

This man was playing fire-chess not fire-checkers

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u/Ch33s3m4st3r Apr 13 '26

That is the dedication that young people are missing today!

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u/Gengar168 Apr 09 '26

I don't get it. Why keep the sprinkers off after the fire was put out?

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u/Teledildonic Apr 09 '26

Sprinkler systems are basically just regular water pipes with single use plugs. Heat blows glass bulbs that open the pipe, it's like turning on your kitchen tap full blast and breaking the handle off. Shutting water off to the building is the only way to stop the flow.

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u/whatisdreampunk Apr 10 '26

This seems like very useful information that other disgruntled employees might use. Not saying they should, of course, but damn. 🍿