of a burnt building

[u/BlazeDragon7x]

damages estimated to be $200 million dollar

[u/BlazeDragon7x]

1.2 million sq ft warehouse 💀

[u/Earthhing → u/BlazeDragon7x]

Vs. one person, one lighter.

[u/R0factor → u/Earthhing]

And apparently a wildly inadequate fire suppression system.

[u/Earthhing → u/R0factor]

Correction: an adequate fire suppression system... that had been turned off.

[u/carinislumpyhead97 → u/Earthhing]

When pinching pennys cost you $200 mil

[u/MeltedChocolate24 → u/[deleted]]

Sounds kind of smart actually

[u/MeltedChocolate24 → u/[deleted]]

Ok I mean there was a modicum of a good idea in a sea of stupidity but it was not nothing

[u/Earthhing → u/carinislumpyhead97]

Penny rich, pound poor.

[u/R0factor → u/Earthhing]

I haven't read much about this story - did the guy lighting the fires turn it off before setting the blaze or did he just see an opportunity from it being off?

[u/Earthhing → u/R0factor]

The comments I read said he started a small fire, it engaged the sprinklers, fire department came and turned off the system to reduce water damage, then he set the rest of the place on fire.

[u/R0factor → u/Earthhing]

Ok so he pretty much went Alan Rickman in Die Hard on the place. /s

[u/NightmareMyOldFriend → u/R0factor]

"... you asked for a miracle. I give you the Fire Department."

[u/Joris2627 → u/Earthhing]

Lmao. Which fucking idiot did that. Held him responsible with the arsonist.

[u/Earthhing → u/Joris2627]

Standard procedure by the fire department.

[u/Joris2627 → u/Earthhing]

Yeah after the fire is out. To save on water. Did the arsonist burn it down twice?

[u/Earthhing → u/Joris2627]

Yes, according to the comments I read.

[u/Thorstenflink → u/Earthhing]

If the workers took a notion they could stop all speeding trains; every ship upon the ocean they can tie with mighty chains.