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Toilet Paper Warehouse Destroyed by Fire; Worker Arrested

WATCH: A fire at a Kimberly-Clark distribution center in Ontario, California, that houses paper products could potentially lead to disruptions in a market that serves around 50 million consumers.Source: Bloomberg

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By Janet Freund, Redd Brown, and Andrea Chang

April 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM UTC

Updated on

April 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM UTC

An employee of a company that operates a distribution center for Kimberly-Clark Corp. has been arrested on arson charges after a massive fire broke out Tuesday at the facility in California that serves around 50 million people.

The 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse — located in Ontario, about 35 miles outside of Los Angeles — houses facial tissue and toilet paper, according to a local Fox report. Ontario Deputy Fire Chief Mike Wedell told Bloomberg News the building’s roof completely collapsed and all products inside were destroyed.