Video Released Of Disgruntled California Worker Setting Warehouse On Fire

This is completely insane.

A disgruntled California worker has been arrested after allegedly setting the warehouse where he was employed on fire.

A video of the crime was posted by the suspect on Instagram, and in the video, he could be heard complaining about his pay.

Here’s the video:

NEW: Disgruntled employee starts massive fire at a 1.2 million square foot warehouse in Ontario, California.

29-year-old Chamel Abdulkarim was arrested on arson charges for setting a Kimberly-Clark warehouse on fire.

Abdulkarim apparently filmed himself on Instagram setting… pic.twitter.com/VSpZKh3CgF

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 8, 2026

The New York Post provided a more in-depth report on the crime:

A video allegedly taken by the twisted firebugwho started the massive warehouse blaze in Ontario shows him lighting the blaze while apparently criticizing his employer.

Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, of Highland, has been arrested on two felony arson charges for torching the warehouse operated by consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark in San Bernardino County.

A video posted by an Instagram account bearing Abdulkarim’s name shows him lighting a goods on fire in the warehouse while taking aim at his company.

“All you had to do was pay us enough to live,” he repeats in the clip.

The video shows toilet paper packages catching fire and then bursting into flames.

Cops said they are aware of the video and investigating it.

Another video of the blaze:

WOW: A worker has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a 6-alarm fire burned down a 1.2 million square foot toilet paper warehouse in Ontario, California.

Fox & Friends: “That warehouse employee is being held without bail… Thankfully, no one was hurt.” pic.twitter.com/5NZC5cWJxa

— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) April 8, 2026

Here’s what it looks like from a nearby neighborhood:

Imagine waking up this behind your neighborhood all because some Islamic arsonist didn't like how much his job was paying him. https://t.co/yHvwzKH3M8 pic.twitter.com/HrvMgklXUg

— Kim "Katie" USA (@KimKatieUSA) April 8, 2026

USA Today reported no workers were harmed in the fire:

Fox 11 Los Angeles reported that 20 employees were inside the facility when the fire started, but they evacuated safely and no injuries were reported.

However, no Kimberly-Clark employees were onsite at the time of the fire, Kimberly-Clark said in an update on Wednesday, April 8. The company said that the individual taken into custody by authorities is not an employee of Kimberly-Clark.

Kimberly-Clark said it leases the building, and that the building is operated by NFI Industries.