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Massive Ontario warehouse set on fire by alleged arsonist to be demolished

California Post·Ben Chapman·6 months ago
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The $500 million SoCal warehouse intentionally burned by a smirking arsonist is set to be demolished, city officials say.

It took 175 firefighters to extinguish Ontario’s 1.2-million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark paper goods warehouse allegedly set alight by a disgruntled employee who wanted higher pay on April 7.

A month later, city officials said the hulking ruin is set to be demolished, even as the charred site of the six-alarm fire near South Hellman Avenue and Merrill Avenue in San Bernadino County still smolders and threatens to ignite again.

The cost of the massive blaze as pegged at $500 million. Fox11

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