Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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A 1.2 million square foot warehouse had a fully functional sprinkler system. 175 firefighters responded. The building still burned to the ground.
Sprinkler systems are designed systems — engineered for a specific building, a specific occupancy, and a specific fire load. When an arsonist lit multiple fires across that warehouse simultaneously, he didn't disable the suppression system. He just went beyond what it was designed to suppress.