Warehouse Fire
Employee Allegedly Starts Raging Blaze, on Video
Published
A raging inferno tore through a massive California warehouse early Tuesday — and a shocking video shows a suspect purposely lighting up the devastating blaze while blaming the company for not paying their employees enough.
Check out the wild video circulating on social media — the suspect lights up some paper products at consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark … and sends a pointed message while in the act. The man can be heard telling the company all they had to do was pay their employees enough to live … implying that’s the reason he torched the building.
San Bernardino County Fire Dept
The Ontario, California Fire Department rushed to the 1.2-million-square-foot building just after 12:30 AM Tuesday … and by 3:30 AM, it was a 6-alarm fire, they said in separate public statements.
The battle was no easy undertaking — officials say it took 20 engine companies, 15 truck companies, 2 ambulances with supervisors, 17 chief officers, 3 investigators, 3 specialized resources and approximately 175 firefighters to suppress the roaring inferno.
The Ontario Fire Department noted 1 person was initially reported missing, but the individual was then suspected to have started the fire. The suspect is 29-year-old Chamel Abdulkarim, an employee of NFI Industries — a third-party distribution company for Kimberly-Clark products — the department says.
Abdulkarim was charged with multiple arson-related felony charges and is being held at West Valley Detention Center without bail.