WEBVTT - Are Workers Lighting Warehouses on Fire?

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<v Speaker 1>Cozon Media.

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<v Speaker 2>This is it could happen here. I'm Garrison Davis. A

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<v Speaker 2>revolution is igniting across America, at least according to viral

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<v Speaker 2>posts on social media and TikTok videos with hundreds of

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<v Speaker 2>thousands of views claiming that anywhere between three to six

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<v Speaker 2>to nine warehouses have been set on fire this past

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<v Speaker 2>week for not paying their employees a living wage.

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<v Speaker 3>The revolution might be had got a warehouse fire in Ontario,

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<v Speaker 3>warehouse fire in New York, warehouse fire in Bakersfield, Amazon

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<v Speaker 3>warehouse fire in Ohio.

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<v Speaker 4>So they set a mall on fire too.

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<v Speaker 3>It hasn't just been factories at this point, it's also malls.

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<v Speaker 3>It seems as though people have begun to eat.

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<v Speaker 5>The rich.

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<v Speaker 2>Workers of the world ignite. Like most instances of viral misinformation,

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<v Speaker 2>there is a kernel of truth to this story and

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<v Speaker 2>worth focusing on. But through a massive game of cross

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<v Speaker 2>platform telephone, facts and causality get warped and misconstrued. Selective

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<v Speaker 2>reporting of similar but unrelated events can be used to

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<v Speaker 2>assert a connection between certain events even if there is none.

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<v Speaker 2>But let's start with that kernel of truth. Just after

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<v Speaker 2>midnight on April seventh, a twenty nine year old warehouse

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<v Speaker 2>worker named Schammel Abdul Karim allegedly set fire to a

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<v Speaker 2>toilet paper warehouse in Ontario, California. After multiple pallets of

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<v Speaker 2>paper products were lit on fire. The flames overwhelmed the

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<v Speaker 2>fire suppression system and collapsed the roof. The blaze took

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<v Speaker 2>over twelve hours to contain and ultimately destroyed the one

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<v Speaker 2>point two million square foot distribution center leased by Kimberly Clark,

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<v Speaker 2>the company behind Kleenex, Huggies, and Cottonell toilet paper. Local

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<v Speaker 2>officials and the Justice Department has said the fire caused

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<v Speaker 2>over six hundred million dollars damages. The twenty employees who

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<v Speaker 2>were working midnight shifts the warehouse when the fire started

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<v Speaker 2>all evacuated safely, and there were no reported injuries. The

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<v Speaker 2>day after the fire, videos uploaded to social media the

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<v Speaker 2>night of the fire resurfaced, appearing to show the suspect

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<v Speaker 2>intentionally lighting three fires inside the distribution center while speaking

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<v Speaker 2>aloud about low wages, corporate profits, shareholders, and poor working conditions.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, if you're not going to pay us enough

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<v Speaker 5>to live or afford to live, I always pay us

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<v Speaker 5>enough not to do that. All you had to do

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<v Speaker 5>was pay us enough to live. All you had to

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<v Speaker 5>do was pay us enough. There goes your inventory.

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<v Speaker 2>The affidavit filed with the criminal complaint alleges that abdul

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<v Speaker 2>Kareem filmed himself setting fire to multiple pallettes of paper

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<v Speaker 2>goods inside the warehouse, and as he lit the fires,

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<v Speaker 2>he stated quote, if you're not going to pay us

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<v Speaker 2>enough to fucking live or afford to live, at least

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<v Speaker 2>pay us enough not to do this shit unquote. Beyond

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<v Speaker 2>the short videos abdul Kareem posted to his social media,

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<v Speaker 2>the affidavit alleges he made further statements to friends and

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<v Speaker 2>co workers on the phone and via text message related

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<v Speaker 2>to his motive for setting the fires. He allegedly texted quote,

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<v Speaker 2>I just cost these expletive billions and wrote that the

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<v Speaker 2>quote one percent is an expletive joke. US attorney Bill A.

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<v Speaker 2>Sale said in a press conference that after setting the

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<v Speaker 2>fire quote in a phone call to one witness, abdul

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<v Speaker 2>Kareem compared himself to Luigi MANGIONI quote. Abdul Kareem also

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<v Speaker 2>allegedly texted quote, all you had to do was pay

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<v Speaker 2>us enough to live, Pay us more of the value

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<v Speaker 2>we bring, not corporate don't see the shareholders picking up

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<v Speaker 2>a shift unquote. This past Monday, abdul kareem pleaded not

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<v Speaker 2>guilty to arson charges in court. Though the warehouse stored

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<v Speaker 2>Kimberlee Clerk products. Abdul Karim was actually employed by NFI Industries,

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<v Speaker 2>a third party distribution company. NFI Industries is a family

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<v Speaker 2>owned private company and does not report its profits, but

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<v Speaker 2>last year said they generated more than three point seven

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<v Speaker 2>billion in annual revenue and had over eighteen thousand employees.

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<v Speaker 2>The average executive at the company has a two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and thirty five thousand dollars salary, with the highest paid

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<v Speaker 2>making seven hundred thousand dollars annually. Meanwhile, the average pay

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<v Speaker 2>of an NFI Industry's warehouse worker in California, per job

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<v Speaker 2>listing sites is eighteen seventy four an hour, with forklift

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<v Speaker 2>operators and warehouse specialists making twenty two dollars and thirty

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<v Speaker 2>nine cents an hour. The median household income in Ontario,

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<v Speaker 2>California is eighty two thousand, do eight hundred and six

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<v Speaker 2>dollars a year, and the average salary is over seventy

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<v Speaker 2>three thousand dollars a year or thirty five dollars hourly Ontario.

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<v Speaker 2>California has a twenty eight percent higher cost of living

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<v Speaker 2>than the national average. Last year, Kimberley Clark made two

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<v Speaker 2>point four billion in operating profit. The footage of this

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<v Speaker 2>worker allegedly lighting the warehouse on fire went super viral

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<v Speaker 2>on TikTok, with millions and millions of views, sparking meme

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<v Speaker 2>edits and hype videos. Then, in the days after the

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<v Speaker 2>toilet paper fire, footage of other warehouse fires sorried to

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<v Speaker 2>spread around TikTok, leading some people to believe that copycat

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<v Speaker 2>incidents might be taking place across the country. Here's a

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<v Speaker 2>clip with over three hundred thousand views of a left

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<v Speaker 2>wing TikTok influencer claiming that since the toilet paper arson,

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<v Speaker 2>more people have begun setting their workplaces on fire.

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<v Speaker 6>So apparently that guy that burns down the toilet paper

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<v Speaker 6>warehouse because they were not paying him a living wage,

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<v Speaker 6>or anyone the living wage for that matter, who the

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<v Speaker 6>Internet has dubbed wall Luigi for warehouse Luigi was not

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<v Speaker 6>the only one with that idea or to execute on it.

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<v Speaker 6>And I will say I am not one hundred percent

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<v Speaker 6>shore on the timelines of all of these.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you're not one hundred percent suore, Well then that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's fine. Continue anyway. This guy goes on to say

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<v Speaker 2>that since Wa Luigi, he's seen quote four to five

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<v Speaker 2>to six other warehouses that have quote burned down or

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<v Speaker 2>at least been set on fire unquote. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>this social media reporting does not differentiate between a warehouse

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<v Speaker 2>completely burning down and a small fire that is quickly

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<v Speaker 2>put out. Neither do these social media reports provide evidence

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<v Speaker 2>to the cause of these fires. One of the most

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<v Speaker 2>circulated videos of one the other fires is from Queens.

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<v Speaker 2>At seven point thirty pm on Friday night, someone reported

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<v Speaker 2>smoke at an industrial complex in College Point, Queens. Firefighters

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<v Speaker 2>soon responded to a rapidly growing fire inside a lumberyard warehouse.

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<v Speaker 2>After the building was searched and no one was found inside,

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<v Speaker 2>three hundred firefighters worked all night to contain the blaze

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<v Speaker 2>to the sixty four thousand square foot warehouse. The lumberyard

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<v Speaker 2>did burn down, but no injuries were reported, and the

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<v Speaker 2>cause of the fire is still under investigation. But a

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<v Speaker 2>post on x the Everything app with almost a million

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<v Speaker 2>quote unquote views read quote another disgruntled employee strikes at

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<v Speaker 2>the heart of American Capital. That TikTok influencer I already

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<v Speaker 2>mentioned was very excited to share news of an Amazon

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<v Speaker 2>warehouse on fire, despite not being quite sure of the

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<v Speaker 2>details or how many warehouses were actually on.

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<v Speaker 6>Fire, least one of which I am beyond happy to

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<v Speaker 6>announce was an Amazon warehouse, which is not to say

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<v Speaker 6>more than one morn effect did. I've seen multiple videos

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<v Speaker 6>of an Amazon warehouse on fire. I'm just not sure

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<v Speaker 6>if it was multiple Amazon warehouses on fire or just

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<v Speaker 6>multiple people recording the same Amazon warehouse that was on fire.

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<v Speaker 6>Either way, either way, bottom line, people are setting Amazon

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<v Speaker 6>warehouses on fire.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no evidence anyone set this Amazon warehouse on fire,

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<v Speaker 2>and yes, it is just one warehouse, not multiple. On

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<v Speaker 2>April eighth, firefighters responded to a fire at an Amazon

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<v Speaker 2>warehouse in West Jefferson, Ohio. The fulfillment center was evacuated

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<v Speaker 2>as smoke billowed from the roof of the warehouse. The

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<v Speaker 2>fire was extinguished quickly and caused quote unquote minimal damage

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<v Speaker 2>to the underside of the roof. According to Jefferson Township

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<v Speaker 2>fire Chief Dan Getley, there is no evidence that this

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<v Speaker 2>fire was intentionally set by an employee or by anyone,

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<v Speaker 2>and was possibly caused by a simple solar panel malfunction.

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<v Speaker 2>Investigators believe seventy five to one hundred solar panels on

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<v Speaker 2>the roof of the warehouse caught fire, which burnt through

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<v Speaker 2>quote just a little bit of the rubber membrane on

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<v Speaker 2>the roofing and some of the insulation unquote. According to

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<v Speaker 2>fire chief Gatley, this insulation fell onto two racks of

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon products, but Gatley estimated that more damage was caused

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<v Speaker 2>by the water used to put out the solar panel

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<v Speaker 2>fire than from the smoke or the fire itself. The

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<v Speaker 2>exact cause of the fire is still under investigation. A

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<v Speaker 2>post on x the Everything app with one point one

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<v Speaker 2>million quote unquote views and twenty seven thousand likes shared

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<v Speaker 2>video of smoke billowing from the roof of the Amazon

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<v Speaker 2>warehouse and was captioned, this is beginning to feel like

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<v Speaker 2>something of a movement. Another post from a Monotaige to

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<v Speaker 2>blue check account with one million quote unquote views and

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six thousand likes, also shared footage of the Amazon

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<v Speaker 2>fire with the caption another warehouse fire, this time in

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon fulfillment center in West Jefferson, Ohio. Warehouse employees across

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<v Speaker 2>the country are using their unique position to attack the

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<v Speaker 2>substructure and base of the Epstein class unquote. We'll return

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<v Speaker 2>to talk more about these fires after this ad break. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>we're back. By the weekend, this warehouse fire meme really

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<v Speaker 2>exploded and people started collecting reports of warehouse fires from

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<v Speaker 2>all across the country. This next video went viral across

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<v Speaker 2>TikTok and also spread to Reddit and Instagram.

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<v Speaker 4>I was tagged about this. This is an Amazon warehouse

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<v Speaker 4>that also just caught on fire. This is the third

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<v Speaker 4>one after we just heard about New York and Queens

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<v Speaker 4>and then the other one in California where we saw

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<v Speaker 4>the big video behind it. Right now, this is breaking news.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know much about it. I was tagged in this,

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<v Speaker 4>this happened. I think perhaps.

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<v Speaker 2>Today I'm gonna pause right here because next she includes

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<v Speaker 2>a severe weather alert warning for risk of fire spreading

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<v Speaker 2>in the Northeast as if wildfires, and this weather alert

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<v Speaker 2>was somehow related to warehouse fires on the other side

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<v Speaker 2>of the country, and I.

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<v Speaker 4>Haven't been able to find any news about it online yet.

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<v Speaker 4>But there's this special weather statement moderate for a fire

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<v Speaker 4>spread in Pennsylvania right now, so that's four five right

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<v Speaker 4>here where somebody said a Jane's store was set in

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<v Speaker 4>fire in California. Again, I can't corroborate these things right now,

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<v Speaker 4>these are just comments. And somebody also said New Jersey

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<v Speaker 4>for another warehouse fire, so that is literally California, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,

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<v Speaker 4>New Jersey. I'm getting comments and reports in right now

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<v Speaker 4>that there have been five different warehouse or storefront fires

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<v Speaker 4>in the last three days. This shit is fucking wild.

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<v Speaker 4>Holy six. I think that's six because it's two in California,

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<v Speaker 4>New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. And again, I'm

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<v Speaker 4>trying to find these items online right now, but like,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think the new cycle is caught up fast

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<v Speaker 4>enough to it. So like who class War twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 4>six shit?

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<v Speaker 2>This person describes herself on TikTok as a quote unquote

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<v Speaker 2>gorilla journalist, and that video got almost half a million

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<v Speaker 2>views on TikTok and seventy four thousand likes by baselessly

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<v Speaker 2>claiming that a string of fires that may or may

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<v Speaker 2>not even be real are actually intentional arsons in an

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<v Speaker 2>escalating class war hashtag eat the Rich. Let's go over

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<v Speaker 2>some of the details of a few of the fires

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<v Speaker 2>that she and others have mentioned. In New Jersey, there

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<v Speaker 2>were actually three fires this past week, one at a

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<v Speaker 2>chemical plant, one at a battery warehouse, and a wildfire

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<v Speaker 2>which sent smoke into Pennsylvania. On Thursday, April ninth, a

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<v Speaker 2>three alarm fire spread through a chemical warehouse in Newark,

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<v Speaker 2>New Jersey. Over one hundred firefighters brought the fire under

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<v Speaker 2>control that afternoon. No employees were harmed and the causes

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<v Speaker 2>under investigation. On the morning of April thirteenth, there was

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<v Speaker 2>another three alarm warehouse fire in Rawway, New Jersey. While

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<v Speaker 2>searching the structure, firefighters discovered the blaze emerged from palettes

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<v Speaker 2>of lithium ion batteries. The exact cause of the fire

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<v Speaker 2>still remains under investigation, and this past weekend, a wildfire

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<v Speaker 2>spread through South New Jersey, burning up to one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and sixty acres and sending smoke into Pennsylvania. The National

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<v Speaker 2>Weather Service worn beforehand that there was an l risk

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<v Speaker 2>of wildfires last Saturday due to low humidity and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five mile per hour wind gusts. On the afternoon of Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>April tenth, firefighters responded to a commercial structure fire at

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<v Speaker 2>a trash disposal business near Atlanta, Georgia. The blaze stemmed

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<v Speaker 2>from a garbage fire in the warehouse that grew out

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<v Speaker 2>of control when adult was sent to the hospital with

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<v Speaker 2>non life threatening injuries. Per a Gwinette County news release quote,

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<v Speaker 2>the incident presented several operational challenges, including a downed power line,

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<v Speaker 2>a deep seated fire within large debris piles, structural components

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<v Speaker 2>exposed to prolonged heat, and nearby hazards involving liquid petroleum

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<v Speaker 2>gas tanks and a diesel fuel reservoir. Firefighters brought this

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<v Speaker 2>fire under control in less than four hours. According to employees,

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<v Speaker 2>the fire originated from a small trash fire near the

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<v Speaker 2>edge of the warehouse, wherekers attempted to remove the burn

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<v Speaker 2>debris before the fire rapidly intensified and spread to the structure.

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<v Speaker 2>The fire was ruled accidental, and department spokesperson Lieutenant Jessica

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<v Speaker 2>Joyner said that it appears to have been caused by

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<v Speaker 2>trash piled in an unsafe manner, which can combust when

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<v Speaker 2>mixed together at such garbage facilities. But two days later,

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<v Speaker 2>a viral post read quote Atlanta Queen's Bakersfield Ontario. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>starting to lose track. Many people are saying only living

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<v Speaker 2>wages can prevent warehouse fires. Speaking of Bakersfield, A quote

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<v Speaker 2>unquote communist Twitter account quote tweeted a video of a

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<v Speaker 2>warehouse fire in Bakersfield, California from a monetized news aggregator

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<v Speaker 2>account and got twenty one thousand likes by writing, let

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<v Speaker 2>it be a pattern. Another account shared a different video

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<v Speaker 2>ripped from TikTok, captioned it's almost like electing billionaires was

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<v Speaker 2>a bad idea. A socialist branded monetized account hosted another

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<v Speaker 2>angle of the Bakersfield fire, getting fourteen thousand likes with

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<v Speaker 2>the caption is a rebellion actually brewing in the Imperial Core.

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<v Speaker 2>On the afternoon of April eleventh, firefighters responded to a

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<v Speaker 2>fire at a thirty thousand square foot warehouse in East Bakersfield.

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<v Speaker 2>The Kerrn County Fire Department said this is the third

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<v Speaker 2>time buildings at this warehouse complex have caught on fire

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<v Speaker 2>in the past few years, with similar fires in November

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four and January twenty twenty five. The cause

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<v Speaker 2>of this new fire is still unknown and under investigation,

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<v Speaker 2>but we know it was definitely not caused by warehouse

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<v Speaker 2>employees because this is an abandoned warehouse. The previous owner

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<v Speaker 2>of the buildings told local news that the fires have

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<v Speaker 2>been started by quote unquote vagrants. A massive fire engulfed

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<v Speaker 2>another lumberyard last Saturday night in Wayne County, Ohio. It

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<v Speaker 2>took twenty four fire departments across three counties working together

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<v Speaker 2>to extinguish the flames. This lumberyard was home to a

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<v Speaker 2>wooden Pallette manufacturing business. On Sunday afternoon, the owners of

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<v Speaker 2>the Pallette manufacturing plant said in a statement, quote, we

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<v Speaker 2>are grateful no one was injured and that the fire

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<v Speaker 2>was contained. We are working with investigators to determine the

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<v Speaker 2>cause and with our insurance carrier to begin recovery. Southwood

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<v Speaker 2>Palette has served this community for forty two years, and

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<v Speaker 2>we intend to rebuild and be stronger than ever. Unquote.

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<v Speaker 2>Footage of this fire racked up over half a million

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<v Speaker 2>quote unquote views on a socialist branded monetized X account.

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<v Speaker 2>Captioned now there is a five alarm fire at a

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<v Speaker 2>lumber Palette warehouse in Wayne County, Ohio. There are too

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<v Speaker 2>many fires to be a coincidence. The working class has

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<v Speaker 2>had it and quote tweets of the video got tens

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<v Speaker 2>of thousands of likes, with users writing quote love to

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<v Speaker 2>see people finally standing up against their employers. Eight in

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<v Speaker 2>a week and no more thoughts and prayers, only fire.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's another video with over three hundred thousand views from

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<v Speaker 2>that TikTok Gorilla journalist going through a few more of

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<v Speaker 2>these warehouse fires that I've mentioned.

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<v Speaker 4>Based on all of my comments and my research online,

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<v Speaker 4>based on what people are telling me and from what

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<v Speaker 4>I can see, the ones that I can corroborate right

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<v Speaker 4>now was that last one was Ohio in a lumber yard,

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<v Speaker 4>and then we had the Ohio Amazon, which was apparently

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<v Speaker 4>due to the solar panels, we'll say. And then we

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<v Speaker 4>have one in the Queens, New York one which was

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<v Speaker 4>a lumber as well. New Jersey was a chemical warehouse.

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<v Speaker 4>Georgia was a commercial structure. And then lastly, the one

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<v Speaker 4>that you all been tagging me in is the California

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<v Speaker 4>Jene store, which spread throughout them all from what I

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<v Speaker 4>can hear and have seen online, so that is a

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<v Speaker 4>total of seven since our original Luigi Man set fire

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<v Speaker 4>to the toilet paper facility that one. So that's where

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<v Speaker 4>we are right now a total of seven in about

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<v Speaker 4>three four days of warehouse store front fires throughout the

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<v Speaker 4>United States. Now, we don't know about all of them,

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<v Speaker 4>but these are the ones that are on the radar

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<v Speaker 4>right now. So if there's more out there, let me know.

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<v Speaker 4>But we're up to seven now.

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<v Speaker 2>Out of all the fires that she's talked about, the

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<v Speaker 2>only one that we know is Urson. Besides the toilet

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<v Speaker 2>paper warehouse, is this fire at a mall in the

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<v Speaker 2>same city in California, where a man who does not

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<v Speaker 2>work at the mall allegedly lit multiple fires across several stores.

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<v Speaker 2>The mall reopened later that same day, and authorities have

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<v Speaker 2>said there's no connection to the warehouse fire, though the

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<v Speaker 2>investigation is still ongoing. Before I discuss what's actually happening

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<v Speaker 2>with all these warehouse fires, let's go on one more

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<v Speaker 2>at break, All right, we are back. So what's really

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<v Speaker 2>going on with all these warehouse fires? There's all this

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<v Speaker 2>reporting just a coincidents? Are these fires really labor related?

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<v Speaker 2>Are these all disgruntled employees? Is there even more fires

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<v Speaker 2>happening than usual? All good questions, even if the exact

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<v Speaker 2>cause of most of these fires hasn't yet been determined.

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<v Speaker 2>It does seem from watching all these videos that there's

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<v Speaker 2>been an increase of warehouse fires since the first toilet

0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:28.160
<v Speaker 2>paper inferno. Though just because you're more aware of warehouse

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<v Speaker 2>fires happening across the country doesn't mean that these fires

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<v Speaker 2>are actually happening at a higher rate. A report from

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<v Speaker 2>the National Fire Protection Association found that from twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>to twenty twenty four, an estimated one thousand, five hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and forty four warehouse fires occur every year. That's an

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<v Speaker 2>average of four fires per day. Warehouses are home to

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of high heat equipment and materials that are

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<v Speaker 2>easily combustible, like lumber, paper, product, batteries, and chemicals. The

0:21:02.680 --> 0:21:06.359
<v Speaker 2>recent National Fire Protection Association report found that most warehouse

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<v Speaker 2>structure fires had an unintentional cause twenty nine percent, ten

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<v Speaker 2>percent were caused by failure of equipment or a heat source,

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<v Speaker 2>and intentional fires accounted for just seven percent of warehouse fires.

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<v Speaker 2>Operating equipment was the leading heat source in warehouse fires,

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<v Speaker 2>responsible for forty three percent, and shop tools and industrial

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<v Speaker 2>equipment were involved in the ignition of nineteen percent of

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<v Speaker 2>warehouse fires. Misuse of material or product and electrical failure

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<v Speaker 2>are the leading factors contributing to ignition. Improper storage of

0:21:43.760 --> 0:21:49.320
<v Speaker 2>climmable materials, and human error are also contributing factors. Intentionally

0:21:49.480 --> 0:21:53.040
<v Speaker 2>set fires or arson does happen, but it's not the

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<v Speaker 2>most common cause of modern warehouse fires. And again, warehouse

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<v Speaker 2>structure fires happen four times in day day on average,

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<v Speaker 2>So not only is there no proof that underpaid employees

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<v Speaker 2>have begun a free of lighting fire to their workplace,

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<v Speaker 2>but there hasn't even been a recent increase in warehouse fires.

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<v Speaker 2>On Monday afternoon, footage spread online of another warehouse fire

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<v Speaker 2>outside Miami with the caption living wages prevent warehouse fires.

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<v Speaker 2>But this fire actually took place over a month ago

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<v Speaker 2>on March fifth, twenty twenty six, at an inventory storage warehouse.

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<v Speaker 2>An employee told NBC Miami quote, Apparently there was a

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<v Speaker 2>short circuit and a spark fell on one of the

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<v Speaker 2>carpets we have, and that's how the fire started. We

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<v Speaker 2>try to put it out, but it happened too fast unquote.

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<v Speaker 2>Officials have not yet confirmed those details, and the exact

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<v Speaker 2>cause the fire is still under investigation, but it is

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<v Speaker 2>literally impossible for this fire to in any way be

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<v Speaker 2>related to the toilet paper warehouse because it happened a

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<v Speaker 2>month prior and the footage is just circulating now to

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<v Speaker 2>boost social media engagement. The video of the employee allegedly

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<v Speaker 2>setting fire to Pallette toilet paper channeled such a strong

0:23:15.760 --> 0:23:19.679
<v Speaker 2>feeling across American workers that people invented and circulated a

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<v Speaker 2>whole fake news cycle about a string of copycat incidents.

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<v Speaker 3>Something tells me, we're not done with the warehouse fires.

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<v Speaker 3>Just a hunch, because only if you had paid us

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<v Speaker 3>a livable wage. And I'm pretty sure everyone is fucking

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<v Speaker 3>over corporate America at this point. Like over it. People

0:23:36.200 --> 0:23:38.200
<v Speaker 3>are starting to realize that there are more of us

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<v Speaker 3>than there are of them, and the only thing that

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<v Speaker 3>they care about is their profits, not the people. So

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<v Speaker 3>if you burn down the profits, the people will find

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<v Speaker 3>other jobs. Companies have ensurance the message really sends. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not concerning it or encouraging it, but I am saying

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<v Speaker 3>it makes a.

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<v Speaker 2>Point that TikTok clip demonstrates why people are so primed

0:23:57.480 --> 0:24:01.080
<v Speaker 2>to share these fire spree claims memes of Smoky the

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<v Speaker 2>Bear saying only living wages can prevent warehouse fires. This

0:24:05.359 --> 0:24:09.760
<v Speaker 2>whole warehouse fire social media news cycle is an instance

0:24:09.840 --> 0:24:13.439
<v Speaker 2>of selective reporting, which happens when there is a big

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<v Speaker 2>national news story, like someone filming themselves burning down a

0:24:17.560 --> 0:24:20.640
<v Speaker 2>one point two million square foot warehouse, and then that

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<v Speaker 2>causes people to share what they believe are related stories,

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<v Speaker 2>often from local news reporting, even if the connection is

0:24:28.480 --> 0:24:33.280
<v Speaker 2>minor or tangential at best. A local report from Wayne County,

0:24:33.280 --> 0:24:38.119
<v Speaker 2>Ohio ordinarily would not circulate as national news, but on

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<v Speaker 2>social media a relatively unremarkable lumberyard fire can become part

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<v Speaker 2>of a new, increasing trend. Sometimes local news agencies themselves

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<v Speaker 2>may be incentivized to cover smaller stories in a certain way,

0:24:51.560 --> 0:24:54.639
<v Speaker 2>to ride the coattails of a national story that shares

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<v Speaker 2>a few similar details, or national news outlets fishing for

0:24:59.080 --> 0:25:03.000
<v Speaker 2>clicks made them cover what would typically only be a

0:25:03.080 --> 0:25:06.879
<v Speaker 2>local story if it relates to a currently viral topic.

0:25:07.640 --> 0:25:09.879
<v Speaker 2>A post on x the Everything app with one point

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<v Speaker 2>four million quote unquote views and sixty seven thousand likes

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<v Speaker 2>read quote, We're up to six warehouses set on fire

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<v Speaker 2>now across the country, and I feel like it's being

0:25:20.840 --> 0:25:25.800
<v Speaker 2>severely under reported un quote. If anything, these fires are

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<v Speaker 2>being over reported. Another example of selective reporting is aviation accidents,

0:25:32.400 --> 0:25:36.320
<v Speaker 2>where in the weeks after a high profile commercial airline crash,

0:25:36.600 --> 0:25:39.800
<v Speaker 2>local news reports will spread around social media about even

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<v Speaker 2>more plane crashes, even if these are mostly small private

0:25:43.840 --> 0:25:47.760
<v Speaker 2>planes which get into accidents semi regularly. I'll up Harrison

0:25:47.800 --> 0:25:51.919
<v Speaker 2>Ford or minor runway incidents that usually don't make the news.

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<v Speaker 2>A twenty twenty five poll from Data for Progress showed

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<v Speaker 2>seventy two percent of likely voters believed plane crashes were

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<v Speaker 2>becoming more frequent. A CNN report analyzing National Transportation Safety

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<v Speaker 2>Board data from January twenty twenty four to March twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five found that out of one thousand, two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and eight flight safety incidents, only sixty incidents involved commercial carriers.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of these incidents included turbulence or incursions that's unauthorized aircraft,

0:26:21.800 --> 0:26:25.120
<v Speaker 2>vehicles or pedestrians on the runway. Half of these sixty

0:26:25.119 --> 0:26:29.960
<v Speaker 2>incidents resulted in injuries, and two involved fatalities, the helicopter

0:26:30.000 --> 0:26:33.280
<v Speaker 2>collision in Washington, DC and a plane crash in Alaska.

0:26:33.840 --> 0:26:38.600
<v Speaker 2>While those fatal tragedies and other high profile incidents like

0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:41.640
<v Speaker 2>the runway flip in Toronto and the door flying off

0:26:41.640 --> 0:26:44.560
<v Speaker 2>an Alaska Airlines plane mid flight, have sewed fear in

0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:49.719
<v Speaker 2>the general public. Statistically, air travel is not getting more dangerous.

0:26:50.280 --> 0:26:53.840
<v Speaker 2>The number of yearly safety incidents have remained mostly steady

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<v Speaker 2>the past decade and only dropped around the pandemic due

0:26:57.119 --> 0:27:00.800
<v Speaker 2>to a decrease in total air travel. In fact, on average,

0:27:01.080 --> 0:27:05.640
<v Speaker 2>flying has only gotten safer, even including private and recreational flights.

0:27:05.880 --> 0:27:09.240
<v Speaker 2>The average number of annual deadly incidents has fallen by

0:27:09.280 --> 0:27:12.919
<v Speaker 2>more than half since two thousand, excluding nine to eleven.

0:27:13.640 --> 0:27:16.640
<v Speaker 2>Despite viral news clips of near misses on the runway

0:27:16.720 --> 0:27:20.800
<v Speaker 2>and an air traffic controller shortage, those runway incursions have

0:27:20.920 --> 0:27:25.000
<v Speaker 2>also steadily dropped in recent years. But such data can

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<v Speaker 2>be heard to stomach if in the days after a

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<v Speaker 2>high profile aviation incident, you keep seeing more reports about

0:27:32.000 --> 0:27:35.280
<v Speaker 2>plane crashes all across the country, but that itself is

0:27:35.480 --> 0:27:40.000
<v Speaker 2>selective reporting. On average three to four planes crash every day,

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<v Speaker 2>and these are typically small private planes, not commercial airliners,

0:27:44.800 --> 0:27:49.280
<v Speaker 2>and typically a small Cessna crashing in Kentucky doesn't make

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<v Speaker 2>national news. The same thing is happening with these warehouse fires.

0:27:54.320 --> 0:27:58.960
<v Speaker 2>Lefty TikTok influencers and many others participating in this warehouse

0:27:59.000 --> 0:28:02.920
<v Speaker 2>fire meme are ascribing the motive of one person onto

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<v Speaker 2>a collection of unrelated incidents, trying to create a pattern

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<v Speaker 2>when there probably isn't. One saw that.

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<v Speaker 6>This one guy said that he did it because of

0:28:13.320 --> 0:28:16.600
<v Speaker 6>his anger towards capitalism. And I don't know if that

0:28:16.680 --> 0:28:19.320
<v Speaker 6>was the original toilet paper guy or like another one

0:28:19.320 --> 0:28:22.200
<v Speaker 6>of these warehouse fires, but to each and every one

0:28:22.240 --> 0:28:25.159
<v Speaker 6>of them, period, keep it up again.

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<v Speaker 2>Out of all the incidents I mentioned, the only two

0:28:28.000 --> 0:28:31.320
<v Speaker 2>we know were intentional was the toilet paper warehouse and

0:28:31.359 --> 0:28:34.520
<v Speaker 2>the Ontario mall. And the only one we have a

0:28:34.560 --> 0:28:40.000
<v Speaker 2>suspected motive for is the toilet paper warehouse. An Emerson

0:28:40.120 --> 0:28:43.320
<v Speaker 2>College poll found that forty one percent of young voters

0:28:43.760 --> 0:28:47.400
<v Speaker 2>thought the actions of the United Healthcare assassin were acceptable.

0:28:47.880 --> 0:28:51.760
<v Speaker 2>Another nineteen percent said that they were neutral on the question.

0:28:52.600 --> 0:28:56.760
<v Speaker 2>Luigi Mangioni. Memes and reactions to this toilet paper fire

0:28:57.480 --> 0:29:01.760
<v Speaker 2>do demonstrate a form of class conscious This same week,

0:29:01.840 --> 0:29:04.800
<v Speaker 2>people have cheered the attacks on the home of open

0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:09.160
<v Speaker 2>Ai CEO Sam Altman. Even if influencers are just trying

0:29:09.160 --> 0:29:12.400
<v Speaker 2>to make a profit, there is an active willingness among

0:29:12.440 --> 0:29:16.360
<v Speaker 2>the consumers sharing memes and this living wage warehouse fire

0:29:16.440 --> 0:29:21.440
<v Speaker 2>content to rally behind such action. The working conditions at

0:29:21.480 --> 0:29:25.720
<v Speaker 2>these warehouses can be inhumane. Just last week, a forty

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<v Speaker 2>seven year old worker at an Amazon warehouse in Troutdale, Oregon,

0:29:29.360 --> 0:29:34.320
<v Speaker 2>collapsed and died. Supervisors prevented someone with CPR training to

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<v Speaker 2>assist with chest compressions and instructed employees to continue work

0:29:39.200 --> 0:29:43.080
<v Speaker 2>as usual as the body laid still on the floor.

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<v Speaker 2>Oregon OSHA has said the death was not work related.

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<v Speaker 2>In a catastrophic vibe shift, let's go back to our

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<v Speaker 2>left wing TikTok influencer for his analysis.

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<v Speaker 6>I really hope this is a sign of what we

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<v Speaker 6>all hope it to sign up. I can't be the

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<v Speaker 6>only one who has felt like the tides are turning,

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<v Speaker 6>the tables are turning, the winds are shifting. It really

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<v Speaker 6>feels like there's actual movement being made in just the

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<v Speaker 6>last few days and now all these warehouse fires, which

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<v Speaker 6>sure could be a coincidence, but I don't think so,

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<v Speaker 6>at least I hope not. But what do you guys think,

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<v Speaker 6>common bloom and if this really is truly the beginning

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<v Speaker 6>of it all ending, give me a follow for more.

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<v Speaker 2>Like us, everyone knows the most important thing to do

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<v Speaker 2>when the revolution starts is to give me a follow.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of, there is just two days left of webby

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<v Speaker 2>voting for it could Happen Here, Behind the Bastards and

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<v Speaker 2>migrating to America, and we may need a supermajority to

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<v Speaker 2>beat the ms NOW filibuster, So go make your voices

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<v Speaker 2>heard before voting ends on April sixteenth. That does it

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<v Speaker 2>for me today at it could Happen Here, See you

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<v Speaker 2>on the other side.

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