30 fire engines mobilized as toilet paper storage site burns down
KANAGAWA —
A three-floor storage building belonging to toilet paper wholesaler AZFIT Co in Aikawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, went up in flames early Monday, police and firefighters said. Police said that the blaze started around 2 a.m. Thirty fire engines rushed to the 8,800-square-meter facility, but made little headway against the blaze. By 9 a.m., the building was completely destroyed.
Police said there were 10 employees in the building at the time the fire started, but one 50-year-old man remains missing.
The cause of the fire has not been determined, although a witness said he saw a cardboard box full of toilet paper rolls outside the building burning at first.
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jkoffman
There goes the price of toilet paper much like they did with butter.
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stirfry
there's a great joke in here somewhere...lemme think
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Patrick Smash
Jokes at your convenience please...
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iraira
oh crap!
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IvanCoughalot
AZFIT? The name of the bog roll dispensary is AZFIT?
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Patrick Smash
Dear me, hope they don't get too bogged down with this one.
The company name's a cracker too.
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Patrick Smash
Ivan, thought this story would go down well with you. It is thoroughly absorbent and must be right up your alley.
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IvanCoughalot
10 employees on site at 2 am? They'll be out of a job now. Hope they don't wind up on Skid Row.
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Patrick Smash
2am, under the full moon, just before the crack of Dawn. Wiped out completely...
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IvanCoughalot
So thirty fire engines battled the flames for seven hours, but to no avail.
The fire was soft, strong, and very very long.
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Patrick Smash
I wonder if it might have been arson Ivan?
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GW
we all better start conserving some squares of butt wipe cud be in for a shortage!
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doedel
"shitsureisimasita" mumbled the arsonist when leaving the scene.
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kumibo
Are the fireman still on the scene wiping up?
Kumibo
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BeaverCleaver
Time to buy a washlet, before the toilet paper resources of Japan run out.
What started the toilet paper fire? I am guessing too much kimuchi. Normally only one or two rolls would burn, but this time there too many in close proximity.
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gogogo
Wonder if it will spark another toilet paper shortage scare.
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imacat
The emergency services were caught with their pants down this time.
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imacat
It may have been arse-on. Whoever started this fire just did it for the crack...
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Den Den
Sounds like a cigerette smoker did this jobbie.
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TheTim
There goes my plans on Halloween to "decorate" my bosses house
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Altria
That'll teach them not 2 ply wth fire.
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IvanCoughalot
The police have got nothing to go on. I bet they flush the criminal out soon. Have to go for a septic tank now...
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