Worker who set fire to California warehouse compares self with Luigi Mangione

Chamel Abdulkarim was charged with felony and state arson counts after allegedly destroying property worth nearly $600m

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An employee who allegedly burned down a California warehouse compared himself to Luigi Mangione in a message to co-workers after setting the fire, according to authorities in a Friday press conference, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, has been charged with several counts of felony and state arson after a massive fire destroyed the Kimberly-Clark paper products warehouse in Ontario, California, about an hour outside of Los Angeles.