ICE warehouse in Surprise targeted by arsonist days after massive community protests | Arizona Mirror
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Someone tried to burn down a Surprise warehouse ICE plans to turn into a 1,500-bed detention center. The FBI is investigating

On Saturday, “an individual committed arson on a newly purchased ICE building” by breaking a window, igniting a fire and throwing a propane tank into the building, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson.

“The fire was quickly extinguished by the interior sprinkler system,” DHS said, noting that the suspect fled the scene after setting the fire. “The matter remains under investigation by the FBI.”

  • fireweed@lemmy.world
    32·
    9 days ago

    How would one go about successfully burning down a building with a sprinkler system?

    To be 100% clear, this question has nothing to do with the linked news story, I was just spontaneously reminded of a plot hole I’m trying to work out in a story I’m writing (in Minecraft).

      • Drusas@fedia.io
        6·
        8 days ago

        Fire extinguishers that are rated for Class K fires (those involving animal fats or cooking oils) are the only type of extinguisher that can be used on fires involving animal fats or cooking oils. This is because many other types of extinguishers will either be ineffective or could even make this type of fire worse.

        1. WTF, people should be made more aware of this, but also
        2. The only fire I have ever needed to put out was a cooking oil fire, and my type A B C extinguisher made very quick work of it (as well as a completely uncleanable mess).
        3. Given 1 and 2, I have no idea whether I should replace the fire extinguisher in my kitchen with one that is class K.
        • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
          3·
          8 days ago

          yeah, my dad got badly burned by an oil fire he didn’t know what to do with and tried to walk out of the kitchen with. walked the burning pan out the house and got splashed as he threw the fire out into the yard. house was okay. his arm was not. happened before i was born. he made sure we all knew to have a lid handy.

    • Joeffect@lemmy.world
      8·
      9 days ago

      You can’t put out grease fires with water… you need a different kind of system to put out grease fires… propane isn’t grease

    • Stern@lemmy.world
      7·
      9 days ago

      I’d figure start from the top rather then bottom. Gasoline and shredded soap mixed in glass bottles to gel up your accelerant a bit might help as well. You still might not burn the place completely down but it should do enough damage to require it to shut down for a good while for fixes.

      Hypothetically, of course.

      • Drusas@fedia.io
        4·
        8 days ago

        Like the Station fire and the recent one at the ski resort. The hot air coalesces above until it reaches flashover, after which it almost instantaneously ignites everything below it.

    • LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      Turn off the water main first? Burn from the top down? Fill the sprinkler pipes with gasoline? Waterproof matches but bigger?