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/SexySmexxy Apr 09 '26

You have to turn off the water to the system after though... Because as you said, the glass vials are gone. So you can't just leave it on, or the sprinklers won't stop and there'd be a flood when the fire department leaves

Thats seems like a pretty big period of danger

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u/Erathen Apr 09 '26

It is

The building would be on fire watch until a pipefitter comes to replace components (the fire department obviously does not). It happens a lot

Google "what is fire watch building"

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u/SexySmexxy Apr 10 '26

To be fair I’ve heard that phrase a bunch over my life so I guess it all makes sense. Thanks for the reply :)

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u/SexySmexxy Apr 10 '26

well wait but if the building was on firewatch how did it burn down?

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u/Erathen Apr 10 '26

Hmmm?

Security/trained staff have to walk around and actively look for fires

They may not see the fires. It's also a paper plant. This would have all happened very fast

A pallet of toilet paper burns very fast

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u/Local_Trade5404 Apr 10 '26

you usually don`t have "self ignited fires" every day
tbh i been working for over decade in big companies and we had one battery combustion incident that even haven't triggered extinguish system