A new video shared with Inland Wire by Alex Montero captures the moment toilet paper was set ablaze at the Kimberly-Clark warehouse in Ontario.
On Tuesday evening, authorities revealed that Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, from Highland, was taken into custody for igniting the destructive blaze. Abdulkarim works for NFI Industries, a third-party distributor for Kimberly-Clark. The fire broke out around 12:30 a.m. at the vast one-million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark facility located at 4815 S.
Hellman Avenue. The flames, fueled by the paper products stored inside, escalated into a six-alarm emergency. A video screen-recorded from an Instagram account named “Chamel Abdulkarim” and shared by Montero depicts a man igniting pallets of toilet paper with a lighter.
It appears that the account has been removed from Instagram since then. Jail records indicate that Abdulkarim is currently being held without bail on charges of Arson (Inhabited Dwelling) and Arson (Property), with a court appearance scheduled for 8 a.m. on Thursday, April 9, at the Rancho Cucamonga courthouse. As reported by Bloomberg, the significant fire could potentially disrupt a market that caters to approximately 50 million consumers.
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