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.”
You can easily release the sprinkler pressure from the outside before setting the building on fire.
Just out of curiosity, how?
Break a couple of sprinklers that are accessible outside. The system is pressurized. They last about 30 minutes depending on how many valves are open.
Commercial fire systems treat a sprinkler activation as an alarm condition. You wouldn’t be able to wait around for 30 afterwards. Fire department would be there which would cause issues for your plan.
Modern commercial fire systems are very good. There are no simple solutions for arsonists. They would need physical access to the building disable the fire systems, or to be able to produce enough fire to overwhelm the spriniler’s abilities to extingush it.
Few have both the will and ability.
dipshit. you need to add a gelling agent to the accelerant
Nobody saw shit. Ok? Not a single fuckin word.
JD Vance looks guilty as hell. It’s probably him, Jim.
No no, I saw the guy who did it. It was…THAT GUY!
Points at random guy wearing MAGA hat
He’s probably wearing that to not seem suspicious! But that was definately him!
The guy with the MAGA hat? Yeah, he’s the head of Antifa!!!
Title should read
Patriot liberates building from oppressive regime custody.
Not really? The sprinklers put out the fire. The flood damage might or might not be a hassle to clean up, but it’s likely mostly mop work.
Every one of these moves increases insurance costs and makes landlords less inclined to rent/sell to ICE. Even though the sprinkler system put out the fire, water damage remediation isn’t cheap either.
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).
You’d want a flammable liquid so that it floats on the water and spreads more the wetter it is.
Here’s some reading on why https://www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-and-articles/blogs/2024/08/12/what-is-a-class-k-fire-extinguisher
Good luck with your story.
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
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.
Soap is flammable?
Soap + gasoline is basically napalm. Styrofoam is also viable instead of soap.
and throwing a propane tank into the building
Not all heroes wear capes. Some simply distribute propane and propane accessories to those in need.
I aint see shit
Arson, what arson?
Another one?
Edit: So this is a different incident from the first one I saw. The first was in Kansas.
It is different. The one in kansas city mo just threw some glass bottles with alcohol at the windows and then lit them on fire. She didn’t get through the windows. I don’t think she even did meaningful damage.
Don’t get me wrong, her heart was in the right place, but the attempt was very poorly conceived.
A whole PROPANE tank? GOD DAMN!
Should have just used the propane tank to blow up the
mega-lo-martICE building.
Surprise! It’s arson!
