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At this time of year?
doesn’t look like this one was arson tho. they’re saying one of the sanders accidentally ignited some magnesium dust. that’s what one of the companies in the building works with. there were almost 50 people in the building at the time, so if somebody set fire to it then they would be a pretty shitty person. one of the workers inside ended up in the hospital.
Damn, even the property’s joining in.
American Spring
Is it true this is #7? If so holy shit that’s a movement
I gotta imagine atleast a couple happen weekly “naturally” anyways, the USA is a large place with probably a millions+ warehouses. Could be nothingburger. The regular non-arson ones, dropped cig, careless worker, propane explosion. It’s just not significant news usually. But could be used to drum up maniacism
Are the rich finally noticing that the people working for them work better and don’t burn your business down or throw molotov’s at your house or shoot you if they can afford at least a decent life, then they have something to lose and will protect the workplace that provides that however if they have nothing to lose other than a shitty workplace then this happens and will keep happening and should keep happening because things need to change drastically and for that to happen sometimes drastic measures are necessary and how drastic it needs to be depends on those that aren’t in the least bit interested in paying a livable wage.
No, they’re buying robots faster.
From 2020 to 2024, there were an estimated 1,544 warehouse fires [in the US]
That’s an average of 386 per year/1.02 per day well before the recent fire that had a direct connection to Luigi-thought. Since then I don’t think I’ve seen any others where there’s a suspect with a message. The background incidence rate is too high already in a country that has only gotten worse economically since 2024. I’d expect it to increase from insurance fraud and undermaintained/vacant buildings. I’m staying agnostic on it being a new trend until more of these are connected to some kind of statement.
Maybe, but I would say that putting property destruction as a valid form of proletariat protest in the media is ultimately a good thing even if people aren’t doing it. Once people realize that direct action is possible they will be inclined to start organizing.
Put me on the jury and I don’t think it’s a crime. What I’m wary of is making a spectacle out of perceived adventurism and it making us think there’s a revolutionary moment that isn’t actually there. Agitating around Luigi and by extension the one arsonist we can name is its own thing. Those are real events with real public support behind them. If we start indulging patterns that don’t actually exist we misread the situation and end up looking silly.
From what I was reading about this specific fire is that it could have been accidental.
According to one of employees of the company, there were 47 workers inside the building at the time of the fire. All have been accounted for. One of those workers, according to a co-worker, was taken to an area hospital to be evaluated.
“It’s magnesium, so when you spark magnesium, I guess one of the sanders must have sparked some dust, and it’s real fast. One guy couldn’t get out, and he got all full of soot and black smoke, he inhaled a lot of it, so they took him in an ambulance,” described Victor Degandiaga, a worker in the building.
