I was thinking the same thing. Cus I don't believe it would have took off that fast like it did unless that took place. Somebody knew what they were doing unfortunately. Just glad everyone got out safe. 😢
WHen you think about what is contained in a Home Depot; it's impossible to put out if a fire takes hold. Ailes full of flammable paints and liquids, other aisles full of wood and other construction materials, tons of rechargeable batteries for electric tools. And that does not cover what is in the 'back' storage. Even with amazing fire suppression, you would wish you could teleport a whole lake into the building. Past a certain heat level, even water has little effect. You can only hope to contain the fire, even that is hard work.
That's what I was thinking watching this... and almost zero internal firewalls or compartmentalization. And, it just occurred to me that sprinklers could only reach the top shelf.
@@kennypalermo9071 Where was what? My jobs? I don't think it's a good idea for me to reveal that online, for the world to see, lol. Just for basic privacy, of course. Not for any nefarious reasons. I'd never do anything like that myself. And I'd never want to see anyone hurt. Even the people at those jobs who abused me so bad. But let's just say, if one of those places ever caught fire when no one was there, like after close, and I found out about it, I'd come running for a front row seat to the action. And I'd bring popcorn and marshmallow, LOL!!
Things that look good and sound on paper often isn't carried out in reality. And there are only so many fire inspectors, and ones that follow the rules to the letter. :-(
I was thinking that this seemed like a pretty aggressive fire, even considering all the flammable materials inside. Then I read it was arson, and now it all makes sense.
@@RandyCarpadus that showed up after he must not know English because they're allowed to steal $950 worth and not get in trouble so why burn the place down just to steal something that's not the first home Depot that's been burned down
I have heard that fire fighters are quite concerned about the possibility of a fire at a Home Depot or similar store- they are VERY large, they are very open, so there's little separation from one area to the next, and they have a great variety of hazardous materials.
One of the worst fires that ever happened in our country was at a store like that. It was a big box furniture warehouse, like 5/6 Firefighters died in it. It is a legit fear
At the time of this fire, I recall hearing that fire was set by some shop lifter to create distractions while he stole. Don’t know if that was the final determination. Can you imagine, this guy caused MILLIONS of dollars of damage in order to steal what? A couple thousand dollars of merchandise? A very sick sick world.
A similar thing happened at the Meijer store I used to work at. 3 teenage boys set 2 fires in the towels and bedding section and had even tried to build a couple of explosive devices with aerosol cans. They too were trying to create a diversion so they could steal expensive stuff. All 3 of them were cleanly shown on the security cameras and the police posted the pictures on their Facebook page. They got a lot of calls from people who knew them and they were arrested a few hours later. We were closed for at least a day while they got all the damaged items and equipment removed and aired out all the smoke. It caused several thousands of dollars in damage and we also lost a huge amount of sales because it was 4th of July weekend and we were closed during what would have been our busiest times.
@thedancingemt Yep and all that for stealing some tools from home depot. Alot of people there said the fire spread very fast and literally had people caught off guard.
A fire suppression system works well on controlling, if not extinguishing, incipient fires. In other words the sprinkler heads should fuse and then should knock down the fire at the very beginning.
Sprinkler systems are calculated by building construction and fire load. Building of that size with the fire load should have an ESFR system typically with a fire pump.
Former HD employee, In the most of the isles there are extra sprinklers located in special gaps between shelves that face "back to back". Two examples are paint and outside. The sprinklers also made it impossible to fully stock said shelves.
At most the sprinklers would buy time to evacuate, but with the kind of chemicals and li-ion/po batteries inside of a place like this, it wouldn't stop a large fire from spreading and consuming the building. Water sprinklers in a place like this is more to try to save lives than the building and it's products.
Sprinklers arent gonna do anything in a massive box store woth such high ceiling and produce do close. Especially in a home depot, paint, wood, so much flammable stuff.
This fire was well-planned. Highly unlikely that a single arsonist could or would have pulled this off. Lots of commercial installations were inexplicably going up in flames that year.
Dyllin Jaycruz Gogue, 27, was charged with aggravated arson along with grand and petty theft. What a bizarre travesty that was just watching that store burst into explosive flames.
I saw this all the way from south county! I thought a plane crashed or something at first, I knew it had to be HUGE to look as big as it did from that far away.
One time, we had the fire alarm go off, and even with fire trucks outside… People were still trying to go in, even when ALL the associates were outside for head count… Customers man…
As someone who works at Home Depot as a parking lot associate (basically i put carts away and stuff) it bothers me when there’s bunch of carts not put away
I used to work for Lowes and learned this Fun fact: Lowes and Home Depot are both store that are most dangerous to be in. Not due to crime, or murder, but due to the fact there sprinkler systems are just a formality for code enforcement and basically will not do anything when the store is on fire. Due to the large amounts of Lumber, house goods, carpets and chemicals both stores contain, the entire store will be up in flames and beyond saving within 30secs of the initial fire starting. it is also why you will see the fire departments only trying to stop the spread of the fire and put the fire out completely.
Same thing happened at a Home Depot in Spokane, WA where I live except they were able to get the fire under control before it “burned to the ground.” Some chemicals started on fire, it was determined to be arson if I remember correctly. Someone shopping set the chemicals on fire. But it also happened in 2022.
I remember this day. I was at San Jose Airport (I worked there) trying to get on a Delta standby flight to Salt Lake City. I didn't end up getting on one. Because I had pulled an all-nighter, I went home and immediately fell asleep. When I woke up, this Home Depot (the one I'd been going to since I was a kid) had burned down.
This is like the craziest situation that happened in 2022 that was just a year before 2023 and 2024 but that’s crazy I have never seen a Home Depot catch fire like that hope that never happens in Colorado where I live I hope they found those poor puppies that where frightened or something
Much respect for those fire fighters, impact decisions to not enter the building and fight from the inside, and to let the roof cave than use proper resources.
I’ve worked in fire protection for over 20 years and often do automatic fire sprinkler inspections as part of my job. I’m a total geek when I go in a store or building, I’m always looking at the fire sprinklers and fire alarm. Every Home Depot that I’ve ever visited has had an automatic fire sprinkler system. I’d be very surprised if they allowed the construction of this store without one. With a properly functioning fire sprinkler system this store would’ve reopened in the next couple of days instead of burning to the ground.
Other comments are saying that sprinklers are nearly useless at actually extinguishing a hardware fire and can only slow it long enough for evacuation.
@@sturmovik1274 As a fire protection engineer with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire Protection Engineering and 35 years experience in the field, I can assure you those comments are incorrect. A fire sprinkler system in a commercial or industrial building is not designed to completely extinguish a fire, but is designed to hold a fire in check until the fire department arrives to effect final extinguishment. A properly designed and properly maintained sprinkler system will do just that. There are a number of things that can prevent as sprinkler system from doing its job effectively. They include: An improperly closed control valve, a decrease in water pressure/flow in the municipal system since the sprinkler system was installed, failure of a fire pump to start, a change in the category of storage to a higher hazard class since the systems were designed, obstruction of sprinklers with stored materials placed too close to the sprinklers, failure to maintain the required flue spaces between racks to allow the sprinkler discharge to penetrate into the lower levels of shelving, covering the open-grated shelves with plywood or other solid material which will block water from reaching a fire in the lower levels, or failure to keep the required aisles between racks clear of stock. Normally fire suppression systems are designed for one fire at a time. If the suspect set multiple fires, that could have presented a challenge to the sprinkler systems in the building. However that alone should not have resulted in the rapid uncontrolled fire spread which was observed. I realize this fire occurred over a year ago but for my own information I'm going to try to look up the fire investigation report to see why the sprinkler systems did not work as intended.
Looks like the Wal-Mart warehouse fire we had here in Plainfield Indiana in’22 . Fire suppression holding tanks too small . Gross Negligence in dispatching Fire Crews . NO CLEAR PLAN of Attack upon Arrival . TOTAL LOSS . Corporate chose to NOT REBUILD . Employees were offered relocation of positions to LOCAL Retail ONLY . otherwise it was Sorry Charlie We’re Outta Here as a Distribution Center .
They do but the sprinkler heads are like 20 feet or more up in the air. It takes a much bigger fire to generate the heat levels necessary to activate them. By that time that, coupled with the distance the water has to fall, which means it spreads out much more than normal, causes the water to basically be flashed to steam before getting to the fire.
@@afridgetoofar1818 I think in these cases, its purpose is to slow the fire enough to give people time to evacuate the store. You could build the system to extinguish but you’d need to either lower the heads way down or have lower temp blow fuses and larger supply pipes.
Interesting that when you roll up, there's no fire alarm sounding at all. Either this Home Depot was older and had no fire sprinkler system, OR it did activate--but was quickly overwhelmed (which can happen). But still, no fire alarm sounding at the very least is bizarre.
A California man has been charged with arson after being accused of lighting a five-alarm fire that destroyed a Home Depot in San Jose earlier this month as he tried to steal a cart full of tools, prosecutors announced. Dyllin Jaycruz Gogue, 27, was hit with charges including aggravated arson, seven counts of grand theft and three counts of petty theft, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced in a news release. My Opinion he should be given the maximum. It is also a biased opinion as I am a former firefighter.
@@davidlenzi3551they should include full restitution as part of his sentence. In other words, work the rest of your life repaying the employees for lost wages. And the insurance company for the damage settlement.
@@davidlenzi35511:22 As soon as I saw that smoke “breathing” the way it was, my immediate thought was “Oh jeez, we got a backdraft getting ready to blow!” Sure enough, that sucker took off! (Volunteer firefighter/EMT for over 24 years and counting….)
Nah, he's one of Newsom and Joe's 'Newcomers' that we're all supposed to welcome with open arms. This is what happens when you let the animals run the zoo. @@davidlenzi3551
LUMBER I’m going to add my two cents about building homes nowadays. As I write this the year is 2024. Wood / lumber for homemaking should be things of the past. We should not be making homes out of wood anymore. I know people who waste $200,000 or more building a brand new home and made out of damn wood only to have it destroyed a year later by a tornado. I used to live in Puerto Rico for 20 years and all the homes are made out of concrete from top to bottom, no lumber / wood needed whatsoever. There are so many disadvantages to making a Home out of wood versus concrete and here is my list. With a wooden home you will need a lot of insulation. With the concrete home you don’t. With a wooden home you will need to worry about termites if it’s not treated. With a concrete home you don’t. With a wooden home you have to be aware of short circuits that cause a fire that can burn the house down. With a concrete home you don’t. With a wooden home you have to worry about tornadoes and hurricanes yanking off the ceiling and what not. With the concrete home you don’t. There are so many disadvantages for making a home out of wood / lumber that I cannot see why people don’t make homes nowadays out of concrete which has many advantages over a wooden home and not to mention way safer. Oh, and it’s not that expensive either to make a home out of concrete. So stop using wood / lumber like we are in the 1800s and start making homes out of concrete for a safer family environment. Thanks and have a good day.
I can think of many reasons not to use concrete. It's very expensive and doesn't look nearly as good. Many contractors don't have the resources to deal with it. Concrete also develops large issues in colder climates, where the constant thawing and heating can destroy it. Not to mention, house fires and everything in them tend to burn so hot that the fires can ruin the concrete, and you're left with a gutted shell.(Without a roof usually) The Home Depot is all concrete and steel. As you can see, it burned down just like a wooden house. Tornadoes destroy concrete and brick homes as well. They literally take out massive schools and warehouses made of concrete and brick-like they are nothing. An EF3 did short work of a 150-foot tall steel multi-leg supported water tower and folded it like a deck of cards just two years ago in a town.
@@GalaxyFur On a side note, all the fires I’ve seen with a concrete home left the interior of the home burnt but the cinder blocks were ok. I’ve known many people who have repatched and painted a concrete home again and is good as new. If it were a lumber home, it would have been a total loss. In Puerto Rico as an example, many of those home have survived numerous hurricanes and still standing strong. You ain’t gonna see that happen with a lumber home. You can find a decent concrete home for about $80,000 whereas in the U.S. the same home out of lumber wood cost upwards of $100,000 and is a ticking time bomb. In all fairness and what I’ve seen personally I still prefer a properly built concrete home over a lumber home any day!
@Bassotronics You can't compare Puerto Rico, which is simply a territory versus an actual State. There are building code standards in the states that are required, and different governing bodies. Concrete homes are much more expensive than wooden homes. Also, wooden houses in the States survive all the time against Hurricanes. And generally, the insurance companies will have your house bulldozed if it is gutted by a fire and rebuilt from scratch since it's cheaper to do it that way. And most homes in my area range between $200,000 up to $1 million plus+. Concrete would make those prices much higher.
@@GalaxyFur A lumber home has survived hurricanes and tornadoes?… 😂🤣 All the news video reports state otherwise bro! All the concrete homes in Puerto Rico = Intact! And building a concrete home is cheaper than a lumber home. It’s that the government wants to dig the prices up our ass just because of the benefits a concrete home has Vs a lumber home. In fact, I can hire a contractor from Puerto Rico build me a nice comfy concrete home here in the states and it will be much cheaper than a stupid lumber home. Fact! But sadly, like I said, the government wants to take away our money for having such benefits.
I don’t know how typical this is, (probably most fires? Rarer than I think? Feel free to correct me) but that smoke cloud grew to be MASSIVE; perceptibly from the mountains. Hope everyone was alright. Beautiful teamwork and coordination going in from those firefighters as always. ❤
I was eating dinner with family at “The Burger Pit” for my nephews birthday. We saw the smoke! Then the fire trucks going down Blossom Hill Rd. That was a crazy day! My buddy live directly behind the back wall! You should have seen all the debris in his yard that fell from the sky onto his house, car and yard!
Holy sprinklers Batman! How is it remotely possible for such a structure to burn this way in this day and age? Sprinklers would have contained any fire in such a setting!!! Visible from huh? Outer space Batman? Wtf is going on there? Must have been going out of business.
Come in today where the home Depot is having our end of the year fire sale. That's saving, that's deals, that's the home Depot. In all seriousness, hope folks got out ok.
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Wow Home Depot really have crazy hot deals right now
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Haha
Ba dum bsh.
LOL
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I bet Home Depot disciplined the employees for not clocking out prior to evacuation.
No that is more Wal Marts playbook
@@tashalynn29or the post office 😂
LOL, I am STILL laughing 2 hours later... NICE WORK!
at that point the clock in/out dashboard would be carbon
“Well it looks like my Home Depot is on fire” he said that so calm.
Thanks for filming in correct mode.....horizontal
Yes, A+ on that. Why is that so hard.
I might add also thank you for not freaking out and screaming off the top of your lungs either! A+ on that too.
@@Husky1980 that too!!!
Good thing. I can’t stand it when film stuffs in vertical way.
Video has to be in horizontal. Only ignorants make videos on vertical that is only the 33% of the ratio.
It was an arson fire. They arrested a suspect that was trying to steal tools and set a fire in the lumber department. That's how it went up so fast.
The thief/arsonist started fires in other departments throughout the store as a distraction to his heist of tools and is why the whole store burned.
usual suspect?
I was thinking the same thing. Cus I don't believe it would have took off that fast like it did unless that took place. Somebody knew what they were doing unfortunately. Just glad everyone got out safe. 😢
@@seankingwell3692 Yup, white guy.
@@JackReacheround Dyllin Jaycruz Gogue isn't a white name.
WHen you think about what is contained in a Home Depot; it's impossible to put out if a fire takes hold.
Ailes full of flammable paints and liquids, other aisles full of wood and other construction materials, tons of rechargeable batteries for electric tools. And that does not cover what is in the 'back' storage.
Even with amazing fire suppression, you would wish you could teleport a whole lake into the building.
Past a certain heat level, even water has little effect. You can only hope to contain the fire, even that is hard work.
That's what I was thinking watching this... and almost zero internal firewalls or compartmentalization. And, it just occurred to me that sprinklers could only reach the top shelf.
Home Depot is a warehouse, their is no "back storage" everything that is storage is whats in the racks, contained in the aisles.
...and where do they keep freshly received product before they're able to shelve it? It's not piled in the aisles, is it?@@boredfilms578
Ultimately it took a LOT of firefighters to neutralize it. The fire eventually went to 5 alarms.
@@boredfilms578 lol they're probably one of those customers that's like "can't you find one in the back?" when a product is empty on the shelf
Thank god everyone made it out of the store safely.
God.
I'm sure deep down inside there's someone that worked there, hated it, got fired and is like "woohoo! burn in hell!"
Oh you KNOW there were, lol!! I think we've all got a job or two we've felt that way about. I know I do lol!!
Customers going, "Well, I guess I can't do (project) this weekend, ain't it a shame?"
@@sturmovik1274 and then their wives going, "You know damn well there's a Lowe's right down the street. Fix my bathroom." 😂
@@mariebelladonna437 Where was that?
@@kennypalermo9071 Where was what? My jobs? I don't think it's a good idea for me to reveal that online, for the world to see, lol. Just for basic privacy, of course. Not for any nefarious reasons. I'd never do anything like that myself. And I'd never want to see anyone hurt. Even the people at those jobs who abused me so bad. But let's just say, if one of those places ever caught fire when no one was there, like after close, and I found out about it, I'd come running for a front row seat to the action. And I'd bring popcorn and marshmallow, LOL!!
There's a reason why you're not supposed to fill the fire lane with huge and bulky product displays... Exhibit A:
Things that look good and sound on paper often isn't carried out in reality. And there are only so many fire inspectors, and ones that follow the rules to the letter. :-(
I was thinking that this seemed like a pretty aggressive fire, even considering all the flammable materials inside. Then I read it was arson, and now it all makes sense.
Reportedly he set several fires as a distraction.
Probably for insurance several home depots have burnt up
@@yamama7265 no. It's in the story it was a shoplifter who set the fires as a distraction.
@@RandyCarpadus that showed up after he must not know English because they're allowed to steal $950 worth and not get in trouble so why burn the place down just to steal something that's not the first home Depot that's been burned down
Whoever burnt down home depot is a Lowes fan
Fun fact this happened exactly 2 years and one day after my first day working at Home Depot of Pottstown.
4:42 Guy says “There goes your department”.😂😂😂
Imagine trying to make sure no employees or customers were left behind in that huge ass store
It's easier nowadays than it used to be, most every interior team carries thermal imaging now. Still not "easy" though. LOTS of floor space in there.
I have heard that fire fighters are quite concerned about the possibility of a fire at a Home Depot or similar store- they are VERY large, they are very open, so there's little separation from one area to the next, and they have a great variety of hazardous materials.
One of the worst fires that ever happened in our country was at a store like that. It was a big box furniture warehouse, like 5/6 Firefighters died in it.
It is a legit fear
@@tyrone6481 The Charleston Sofa super store fire from 2007?
@@tyrone6481 oh, I don't doubt that. Whole lotta risk factors.
Imagine all of the toxic chemical fumes in that smoke
Yummy 😋
At the time of this fire, I recall hearing that fire was set by some shop lifter to create distractions while he stole. Don’t know if that was the final determination. Can you imagine, this guy caused MILLIONS of dollars of damage in order to steal what? A couple thousand dollars of merchandise? A very sick sick world.
Probably not even that. Could be $200 maybe.
It was, last I knew a guy was arrested. He set the fire as a diversion for his shoplifting.
A similar thing happened at the Meijer store I used to work at. 3 teenage boys set 2 fires in the towels and bedding section and had even tried to build a couple of explosive devices with aerosol cans. They too were trying to create a diversion so they could steal expensive stuff. All 3 of them were cleanly shown on the security cameras and the police posted the pictures on their Facebook page. They got a lot of calls from people who knew them and they were arrested a few hours later. We were closed for at least a day while they got all the damaged items and equipment removed and aired out all the smoke. It caused several thousands of dollars in damage and we also lost a huge amount of sales because it was 4th of July weekend and we were closed during what would have been our busiest times.
not only the damage, but he put people’s lives at risk too. super fucked up
@thedancingemt Yep and all that for stealing some tools from home depot. Alot of people there said the fire spread very fast and literally had people caught off guard.
At 2:58 you can see the fire pulling in all the air with the banner flapping.
It looks so weird, your brain tells you it should be going the other way
Its just how thermodynamics works lol @@green29373
I think air blows in the direction of low pressure, and fire is very hot which is low pressure@@green29373
You left to watch a soccer game? There's tons of those. How often does a Home Depot burn to the ground?
barely ever happens, but it’s probably their kid, and it’s safer to be somewhere else away from the fire
Ain’t no way bro said that.
Fire Suppression would little effect on all the chemicals, paint insecticides that the Home Depot sells
A fire suppression system works well on controlling, if not extinguishing, incipient fires. In other words the sprinkler heads should fuse and then should knock down the fire at the very beginning.
There's special in-rack fire suppression systems in those areas, not just ceiling sprinklers. Somewhere something failed tho clearly
Sprinkler systems are calculated by building construction and fire load. Building of that size with the fire load should have an ESFR system typically with a fire pump.
@@azul8811This was apparently arson. I presume they tried to take that into account when setting the fire,
Former HD employee, In the most of the isles there are extra sprinklers located in special gaps between shelves that face "back to back". Two examples are paint and outside. The sprinklers also made it impossible to fully stock said shelves.
I never expected a fire like this to take off in a building with sprinklers.
Lots of hazardous materials in there that water can make the fire burn more violently
At most the sprinklers would buy time to evacuate, but with the kind of chemicals and li-ion/po batteries inside of a place like this, it wouldn't stop a large fire from spreading and consuming the building. Water sprinklers in a place like this is more to try to save lives than the building and it's products.
Sprinklers arent gonna do anything in a massive box store woth such high ceiling and produce do close. Especially in a home depot, paint, wood, so much flammable stuff.
This fire was well-planned. Highly unlikely that a single arsonist could or would have pulled this off. Lots of commercial installations were inexplicably going up in flames that year.
All the effort, money and inventory gone. I cannot fathom how they can recover it.
Go to lows
I haven't been to Iowa before, what should I see there?@@4486xxdawson
Dude its home depot they can afford to buy more, its not like this is some mom & pop hardware store
They can use the materials they stock to… never mind.
I think they took the idea of a fire sale a little bit too literally 🔥🔥🔥
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Welcome everyone, im glad the algorithm brought all of you here today
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The good news is, there's a Lowes down the street. Home Depot can buy supplies from Lowes to help rebuild.
Every dad’s worst nightmare
"so i wont be able to go to home depot today"
"why?"
"its currently being cooked to a medium rare"
Dyllin Jaycruz Gogue, 27, was charged with aggravated arson along with grand and petty theft. What a bizarre travesty that was just watching that store burst into explosive flames.
Now that's a home deport.
Nice
I saw this all the way from south county! I thought a plane crashed or something at first, I knew it had to be HUGE to look as big as it did from that far away.
No you didn't.
I think those "explosions" was mostly the structure contracting due to being hot and then being cooled down fast with room temperature water.
So sad. Hope the employees and puppies are ok
No you don't.
A man child in a grey suit was able to rescue the puppies and even the snakes too 😂😂
@@scarygary-qq1pjare you alright?? What a weird thing to say…
I remember the day of this fire I could see the smoke all the way from Mountain View!
2:03 the puppy running across the screen💀💀💀
Sad about the plants 😢
This video kept getting recommended to me which is why I watched it
I JUST WANTED SOME DRYWALL PATCHES - some dad who pulled up
One time, we had the fire alarm go off, and even with fire trucks outside… People were still trying to go in, even when ALL the associates were outside for head count…
Customers man…
They must have thought there was a hot sale that sparked their interests and they figured they'd be flaming mad not to go check it out. Lol.
Customer: Can I go in real quick? I just need one thing.
Thinking about all the home depots I've delivered to as a trucker..... wow
Wow, what a huge fire. Visible from space, that's a natural disaster level event. Glad no one was hurt.
As someone who works at Home Depot as a parking lot associate (basically i put carts away and stuff) it bothers me when there’s bunch of carts not put away
I used to work for Lowes and learned this Fun fact: Lowes and Home Depot are both store that are most dangerous to be in. Not due to crime, or murder, but due to the fact there sprinkler systems are just a formality for code enforcement and basically will not do anything when the store is on fire. Due to the large amounts of Lumber, house goods, carpets and chemicals both stores contain, the entire store will be up in flames and beyond saving within 30secs of the initial fire starting. it is also why you will see the fire departments only trying to stop the spread of the fire and put the fire out completely.
2 years later & TH-cam decided to recommend this to everyone
I could feel how hot that fire was from here...
I guess you could say they were having a fire sale on lumber 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for sharing this footage. It’s fascinating.
Home Depot “ our prices are HOT!”
Hot deals & hot prices! Hard to find one of a kind hot deals on things !
Fire sale!
3:45 Even the dog is scared.
3:37 is a beautiful dog! The building is gone, if the people are all safe, just contain it.
I love how everyone become friendly and talk with each when things like this occur. Not sure why but I like it.
So much for Home Improvement!
Literally in the top 5 worst public places to catch fire. Nearly everything in there is flammable and explosive!
Wood, chemicals, batteries, gasoline
Same thing happened at a Home Depot in Spokane, WA where I live except they were able to get the fire under control before it “burned to the ground.” Some chemicals started on fire, it was determined to be arson if I remember correctly. Someone shopping set the chemicals on fire. But it also happened in 2022.
Damn I knew lumber prices were going up but damn their prices are on FIRE ! ! !
My sister lives behind it and she said she could hear the propane tanks exploding. Her area was evacuated.
I just witnessed a KFC kitchen go down I was traumatized I saw a man jumping out the window and running across the road to the chick fill a💀.
4:50 "Fire trucks still coming" me "And home depot still burning
Could've been prevented if we just built a wall.
I remember this day. I was at San Jose Airport (I worked there) trying to get on a Delta standby flight to Salt Lake City. I didn't end up getting on one. Because I had pulled an all-nighter, I went home and immediately fell asleep. When I woke up, this Home Depot (the one I'd been going to since I was a kid) had burned down.
I’m glad the puppies made it out fine, assuming those two dogs in the truck were them.
That's what they get for running out of those solar garden lights I wanted.
This is like the craziest situation that happened in 2022 that was just a year before 2023 and 2024 but that’s crazy I have never seen a Home Depot catch fire like that hope that never happens in Colorado where I live I hope they found those poor puppies that where frightened or something
You think it's kind of strange that several home depots have burnt up
Much respect for those fire fighters, impact decisions to not enter the building and fight from the inside, and to let the roof cave than use proper resources.
Home Depot is having a fire sale
This is why all new construction requires fire sprinklers.
Sometimes its too much
Man what do they treat the roof with.. so much flammability.
45 minutes later and still no sign of water 🙄🙄
I’ve worked in fire protection for over 20 years and often do automatic fire sprinkler inspections as part of my job. I’m a total geek when I go in a store or building, I’m always looking at the fire sprinklers and fire alarm. Every Home Depot that I’ve ever visited has had an automatic fire sprinkler system. I’d be very surprised if they allowed the construction of this store without one. With a properly functioning fire sprinkler system this store would’ve reopened in the next couple of days instead of burning to the ground.
I presume the Sprinkler System did not operate
Other comments are saying that sprinklers are nearly useless at actually extinguishing a hardware fire and can only slow it long enough for evacuation.
@@sturmovik1274 As a fire protection engineer with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire Protection Engineering and 35 years experience in the field, I can assure you those comments are incorrect. A fire sprinkler system in a commercial or industrial building is not designed to completely extinguish a fire, but is designed to hold a fire in check until the fire department arrives to effect final extinguishment. A properly designed and properly maintained sprinkler system will do just that. There are a number of things that can prevent as sprinkler system from doing its job effectively. They include: An improperly closed control valve, a decrease in water pressure/flow in the municipal system since the sprinkler system was installed, failure of a fire pump to start, a change in the category of storage to a higher hazard class since the systems were designed, obstruction of sprinklers with stored materials placed too close to the sprinklers, failure to maintain the required flue spaces between racks to allow the sprinkler discharge to penetrate into the lower levels of shelving, covering the open-grated shelves with plywood or other solid material which will block water from reaching a fire in the lower levels, or failure to keep the required aisles between racks clear of stock. Normally fire suppression systems are designed for one fire at a time. If the suspect set multiple fires, that could have presented a challenge to the sprinkler systems in the building. However that alone should not have resulted in the rapid uncontrolled fire spread which was observed. I realize this fire occurred over a year ago but for my own information I'm going to try to look up the fire investigation report to see why the sprinkler systems did not work as intended.
Looks like the Wal-Mart warehouse fire we had here in Plainfield Indiana in’22 .
Fire suppression holding tanks too small . Gross Negligence in dispatching Fire Crews . NO CLEAR PLAN of Attack upon Arrival . TOTAL LOSS .
Corporate chose to NOT REBUILD . Employees were offered relocation of positions to LOCAL Retail ONLY . otherwise it was Sorry Charlie We’re Outta Here as a Distribution Center .
Oh no that is tragic.
I think Robert McCall just did something in there, possibly with the microwave in the break room.
I feel for the employees. I wonder how many jobs were lost there.
Does the store not have a fire suppression system? I thought that was part of the fire code.
They do but the sprinkler heads are like 20 feet or more up in the air. It takes a much bigger fire to generate the heat levels necessary to activate them. By that time that, coupled with the distance the water has to fall, which means it spreads out much more than normal, causes the water to basically be flashed to steam before getting to the fire.
Some HDs around here (MA) have fire sprinklers on each shelf, depending on the products.
@@cheetahb5 so in other words the system was useless
@@chickenwing111 Yes, I read that somewhere. They have them in shelves with lots of flammables like paint thinners and such.
@@afridgetoofar1818 I think in these cases, its purpose is to slow the fire enough to give people time to evacuate the store. You could build the system to extinguish but you’d need to either lower the heads way down or have lower temp blow fuses and larger supply pipes.
Just be thankful that nobody gotten hurt or even seriously injured.
So sad, like losing a friend...
Less saving, more doing. That’s the power of Home Depot
Interesting that when you roll up, there's no fire alarm sounding at all. Either this Home Depot was older and had no fire sprinkler system, OR it did activate--but was quickly overwhelmed (which can happen). But still, no fire alarm sounding at the very least is bizarre.
It Didn't Burn To The Ground ? Concrete Walls Can't Burn . The Text Is Misleading
All those plant lives have died that day. Makes my heart sad
Me and my parents were there at Home Depot a week before I was waiting for them in the car that’s fucken crazy
I guess that location doesn’t sell fire extinguishers
Wasn't this an episode of king of the hill?
That was a cathedral, fortunately not the place for Propane and Propane Accessories
Any update on the guy who started the fire at my beloved Home Depot
A California man has been charged with arson after being accused of lighting a five-alarm fire that destroyed a Home Depot in San Jose earlier this month as he tried to steal a cart full of tools, prosecutors announced.
Dyllin Jaycruz Gogue, 27, was hit with charges including aggravated arson, seven counts of grand theft and three counts of petty theft, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced in a news release. My Opinion he should be given the maximum. It is also a biased opinion as I am a former firefighter.
@@davidlenzi3551they should include full restitution as part of his sentence. In other words, work the rest of your life repaying the employees for lost wages. And the insurance company for the damage settlement.
@@davidlenzi35511:22 As soon as I saw that smoke “breathing” the way it was, my immediate thought was “Oh jeez, we got a backdraft getting ready to blow!” Sure enough, that sucker took off!
(Volunteer firefighter/EMT for over 24 years and counting….)
Nah, he's one of Newsom and Joe's 'Newcomers' that we're all supposed to welcome with open arms. This is what happens when you let the animals run the zoo. @@davidlenzi3551
thats literally chernobyl #2 if they had a shipment of propane and gasoline
TH-cam - “want to watch a Home Depot burn to the ground?”
Me - Yes.
How can a Home Depot in CALIFORNIA not have a sprinkler system?
Feel sorry for the employees. They don’t work or do you have to be transferred to another Home Depot location?
Brad: I know you the kids saw his own school on fire right.
Alan: yeah just watch it burn.
Brad: whatever.
-Small Soldiers
So I’m guessing this was on everyone’s FYP?
A fire seen from space? Remind me of Lac Megantic.
LUMBER
I’m going to add my two cents about building homes nowadays. As I write this the year is 2024. Wood / lumber for homemaking should be things of the past. We should not be making homes out of wood anymore. I know people who waste $200,000 or more building a brand new home and made out of damn wood only to have it destroyed a year later by a tornado.
I used to live in Puerto Rico for 20 years and all the homes are made out of concrete from top to bottom, no lumber / wood needed whatsoever. There are so many disadvantages to making a Home out of wood versus concrete and here is my list.
With a wooden home you will need a lot of insulation. With the concrete home you don’t. With a wooden home you will need to worry about termites if it’s not treated. With a concrete home you don’t. With a wooden home you have to be aware of short circuits that cause a fire that can burn the house down. With a concrete home you don’t. With a wooden home you have to worry about tornadoes and hurricanes yanking off the ceiling and what not. With the concrete home you don’t. There are so many disadvantages for making a home out of wood / lumber that I cannot see why people don’t make homes nowadays out of concrete which has many advantages over a wooden home and not to mention way safer. Oh, and it’s not that expensive either to make a home out of concrete. So stop using wood / lumber like we are in the 1800s and start making homes out of concrete for a safer family environment. Thanks and have a good day.
I can think of many reasons not to use concrete. It's very expensive and doesn't look nearly as good. Many contractors don't have the resources to deal with it. Concrete also develops large issues in colder climates, where the constant thawing and heating can destroy it.
Not to mention, house fires and everything in them tend to burn so hot that the fires can ruin the concrete, and you're left with a gutted shell.(Without a roof usually) The Home Depot is all concrete and steel. As you can see, it burned down just like a wooden house.
Tornadoes destroy concrete and brick homes as well. They literally take out massive schools and warehouses made of concrete and brick-like they are nothing.
An EF3 did short work of a 150-foot tall steel multi-leg supported water tower and folded it like a deck of cards just two years ago in a town.
@@GalaxyFur
On a side note, all the fires I’ve seen with a concrete home left the interior of the home burnt but the cinder blocks were ok. I’ve known many people who have repatched and painted a concrete home again and is good as new. If it were a lumber home, it would have been a total loss.
In Puerto Rico as an example, many of those home have survived numerous hurricanes and still standing strong. You ain’t gonna see that happen with a lumber home. You can find a decent concrete home for about $80,000 whereas in the U.S. the same home out of lumber wood cost upwards of $100,000 and is a ticking time bomb. In all fairness and what I’ve seen personally I still prefer a properly built concrete home over a lumber home any day!
This world is already ugly and you wanna turn it into a concrete jungle and have every drive White electric cars. It will never happen thank god
@Bassotronics You can't compare Puerto Rico, which is simply a territory versus an actual State. There are building code standards in the states that are required, and different governing bodies. Concrete homes are much more expensive than wooden homes. Also, wooden houses in the States survive all the time against Hurricanes.
And generally, the insurance companies will have your house bulldozed if it is gutted by a fire and rebuilt from scratch since it's cheaper to do it that way.
And most homes in my area range between $200,000 up to $1 million plus+.
Concrete would make those prices much higher.
@@GalaxyFur
A lumber home has survived hurricanes and tornadoes?…
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All the news video reports state otherwise bro!
All the concrete homes in Puerto Rico = Intact!
And building a concrete home is cheaper than a lumber home. It’s that the government wants to dig the prices up our ass just because of the benefits a concrete home has Vs a lumber home. In fact, I can hire a contractor from Puerto Rico build me a nice comfy concrete home here in the states and it will be much cheaper than a stupid lumber home. Fact! But sadly, like I said, the government wants to take away our money for having such benefits.
Wow this the only time you can find some employee to help you find what you are looking for.😊😊😊😊
I don’t know how typical this is, (probably most fires? Rarer than I think? Feel free to correct me) but that smoke cloud grew to be MASSIVE; perceptibly from the mountains. Hope everyone was alright. Beautiful teamwork and coordination going in from those firefighters as always. ❤
Those of us of a certain age remember when Home Depot was called Home Base..
All that dry wood then all the flammable stuff going up wow..
I was eating dinner with family at “The Burger Pit” for my nephews birthday. We saw the smoke! Then the fire trucks going down Blossom Hill Rd. That was a crazy day! My buddy live directly behind the back wall! You should have seen all the debris in his yard that fell from the sky onto his house, car and yard!
Holy sprinklers Batman! How is it remotely possible for such a structure to burn this way in this day and age? Sprinklers would have contained any fire in such a setting!!! Visible from huh? Outer space Batman? Wtf is going on there? Must have been going out of business.
Have they rebuilt it yet? Was there any “fire sale”?
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It has not been rebuilt. The lot in front is fenced off and has been since the fire. They will be demolishing the rest of it soon though.
The only thing still standing are the outer walls. The entire roof was burned to the ground
I remember when facilities like this used to install sprinklers so this didn’t happen.
Come in today where the home Depot is having our end of the year fire sale. That's saving, that's deals, that's the home Depot. In all seriousness, hope folks got out ok.