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A worker set fire to a nuclear submarine

A Guy Started A Fire On A Nuclear Submarine To Leave Work Early http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/07/a-guy-started-a-fire-on-a-nuclear-submarine-to-leave-work-early/ CASEY CHAN 23 July 12, Here’s a friendly reminder for everyone who wants to leave work early: don’t ever set fire to your workplace. Especially if you work on a million nuclear submarine.

Especially if
you’ll cause $US400 million in damage. And especially if you just want
to leave early because of a silly text message argument with your
ex-girlfriend. It’s completely dumb and you could possibly end up in
jail for life like the idiot guy who did just that might.

Casey James Fury, the 24-year-old arsonist, worked on the USS Miami as
a painter and sandblaster, when he started a text argument with his
ex-girlfriend who was seeing a new guy and got angry. So angry that he
couldn’t work anymore so the only logical thing was to burn the place
so he could leave early. According to The Boston Herald :

[Fury] allegedly told authorities that he started pacing and
eventually walked to the back of the boat, where he saw a bag of
alcohol wipes.
He then removed the wipes, stuffed them into a corner around fire
resistant wood and placed some wipes and a piece of plywood over it on
a structure used to hold the boat up while it’s in dry dock, according
to the affidavit. Authorities said he then again used a lighter to set
the fire.
If that’s bad, the other fire he started was even worse. That one
caused $US400 million in damage and forced over a hundred firefighters
to battle the flames for 12 hours.

Fury has told authorities that he was taking a cocktail of
medications, “including Celexa for anxiety and depression, Klonopin
for anxiety, Ambien for insomnia and Xertec for allergies, according
to the affidavit” during the burning fiasco but has now been charged
with two counts of arson and faces life in prison and a $US250,000
fine. [AP , Boston Herald ]

July 25, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | incidents, USA