Inland Empire Arson: Man Charged in Federal Case Over Ontario Warehouse Fire
TL;DR
A San Bernardino County man, Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, was charged in a federal complaint with arson for deliberately setting fires that destroyed a 1.2 million-square-foot Ontario warehouse, causing about $500 million in damage; he filmed the fires, posted videos, and voiced grievances about wages, facing a federal prison term of 5 to 20 years if convicted, with the FBI, ATF, Ontario police and fire departments investigating and state charges also pursued.
- Inland Empire Man Federally Charged with Deliberately Setting Fires that Destroyed Massive Warehouse in Ontario Department of Justice (.gov)
- Ontario warehouse fire suspect charged with several counts of felony arson ABC7 Los Angeles
- After fire consumes SoCal paper warehouse, employee is charged with arson Los Angeles Times
- Employee describes ‘chaos' inside burning Ontario paper products warehouse NBC Los Angeles
- Booking photo released of suspect in massive Ontario warehouse fire KTLA
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