“Curious” worker lit a foam roll without imagining what was going to happen

Por Ana Cid
15 May, 2026

Many claim that “curiosity killed the cat”, however, reality shows that a curious person is much more dangerous to those around them.

This was the case of a worker in Guangdong, China, who could not contain his curiosity and held a lighter next to a newly produced foam roll, causing an instant fire throughout the entire warehouse.

According to the subsequent investigation, minutes earlier he was talking with his colleagues and asked about the flammability level of the rolls. After confirming with his colleagues that they were flammable, he wanted to put it to the “test”, resulting in what you can see here:

Luckily for the “curious” worker, there were no injuries. However, the damage to the warehouse could cost many of his colleagues their jobs.

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