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[super-famicom]

Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/...ted-for-starting-fires-so-he-could-fight-them

At about 4:30 a.m. on Nov 13, some people noticed smoke coming from a warehouse in Kuroishi City and dialed 119. The local volunteer fire department was assembled and rushed to the scene. Among them was the 32-year-old Kawasaki who lived only 300 meters from the warehouse and reportedly had a reputation of “enthusiastically rushing in to fight fires.”

Although there was some damage to the roof of the warehouse, the firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze without incident. Immediately afterward, Aomori police began an arson investigation and checked some surveillance cameras that they had installed at some point since suspicious fires had started occurring last May.

On the footage they could see a man whom they believe fit Kawasaki’s description piling flammable material such as cardboard on the floor of the warehouse. About 15 minutes before the original 119 call was placed, the man in the video started the fire. Seeing Kawasaki as the prime suspect they made their arrest on Nov 14.

Residents of the village were shocked both by the irony of a firefighter being arrested for starting fires, and by the fact that Kawasaki was widely regarded as a polite and valued member of his community. In a press conference a rep from the fire department bit his lip and said the only word he had to describe what happened was “unbelievable.”

Light me on fire if old.

 

[Cloyster]

This has to be a TV show

 

[BronsonLee]

This has to be a TV show

This is literally the plot of a TV show episode I bet

Also goddamnit op, Japan isn't ANY of G/A/F!

 

[super-famicom]

This is literally the plot of a TV show episode I bet

Also goddamnit op, Japan isn't ANY of G/A/F!

I knew this would come up. It's a location that starts with an A, though

 

[Gentleman Jack]

 

[shem935]

Oh boy...

 

[Amagon]

I knew this would come up. It's a location that starts with an A, though

Boo!

 

[kabel]

Op, you betrayed me!


G/A/F?



Yooo. It's Japan!

 

[Cheat Code]

Isn't this an L.A. Noire case?

 

[Shaanyboi]

Sounds like a lame supervillain

 

[Dennis]

The Simpsons Futurama did it.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

I knew this would come up. It's a location that starts with an A, though

That is CHEATING.

But still funny.

 

[super-famicom]

That is CHEATING.

But still funny.

Someone in a previous Japan news thread was thinking about using "Real Life or Anime?" or something similar but everyone would still guess Japan anyways.

 

[Calvero]

that's not how you do G/A/F

 

[Randolph Freelander]

A guy at my high school did the same thing years ago. Find an abandoned structure, start a fire, go to the fire department and wait for the call.

"Hey, Joe, ever notice when Simmons gets here, we have an emergency not long after."
"Say, Earl, come to think of it, Simmons does seem to always gets here right before the alarm."
"Yeah, that guy has some luck!"

 

[BronsonLee]

I knew this would come up. It's a location that starts with an A, though

Well, well, well.
You coy bastard.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

This is literally the plot of a TV show episode I bet

Also goddamnit op, Japan isn't ANY of G/A/F!

It's like the episode of Powerpuff Girls where there was the one superhero who always set up crimes so he could stop them.

 

[nocturnalis]

Something happened like that here in the Los Angeles area around 10 or 12 years ago, I believe. A firefighter started a fire so her could get overtime and he ended up killing someone because it got very big.

 

[Duracelllll]

Something happened like that here in the Los Angeles area around 10 or 12 years ago, I believe. A firefighter started a fire so her could get overtime and he ended up killing someone because it got very big.

This guy? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leonard_Orr

 

[Alx]

I think it's a (rather) common situation actually, there is a much higher rate of arsonists among firefighters. Sounds logical that the fascination of fire attracts them to the job.

 

[coleco]

It's 'quite common' for some firefighters to be pyromaniacs and arsonists.

Edit: beaten

 

[malfcn]

Arkham Knight?

 

[nocturnalis]

I think it's a (rather) common situation actually, there is a much higher rate of arsonists among firefighters. Sounds logical that the fascination of fire attracts them to the job.

This guy? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leonard_Orr

Someone else. I can't find the story right now and as others have pointed out, firefighters committing arson is common.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

It's them dudes that want to be praised for being heroes so bad. That old person show NCIS did an episode about it.