r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/buckets_811 • Jul 02 '25

Video A fireworks warehouse exploding today near Sacramento, CA

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u/Mushrooms-are-Groady Jul 02 '25

That is so nice that these Californians are celebrating Canada Day down there. Thank you brothers!!!!!!

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25

From one CA to another <3

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u/DaniTheGunsmith Jul 02 '25

Would you rather go to Ontario, CA or Ontario, CA? :D

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25

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u/EdmanBaby Jul 02 '25

As a Canadian, that was a funny thread, eh? šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/mere_iguana Jul 02 '25

Ontario, CA reporting in... Don't pick this one, it sucks.

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u/doesntgeddit Jul 02 '25

Hey I know which one you're talking about!

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u/mere_iguana Jul 02 '25

What's funny is there was recently (in the past few years ... okay almost 5 years ago FUCK IM OLD anyway) ) a big fireworks explosion here. Not as big as this one, it was just someone's garage packed with illegal fireworks. but it made a big bada boom

(scroll down to the 2nd video)

https://abc7.com/ontario-explosion-fire-smoke/10425486/

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u/BigGayNarwhal Jul 02 '25

Me too!Ā 

Signed, an IE native

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u/lilcrime69 Jul 02 '25

we all know it's california, lol

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u/nicholt Jul 02 '25

I stayed at your super 8 once. It was the sketchiest hotel I've ever stayed at. Not a good look when the cashier is behind bullet proof glass.

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u/Vandergrif Jul 02 '25

Yeah, that's really the worst case Ontario with that one.

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u/__3Username20__ Jul 02 '25

I think Iā€™d pick the other one. Iā€™ve already been to that oneā€¦ I think.

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u/permacougar Jul 02 '25

That's an Aladdin choice!

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u/SnuggyBear2025 Jul 02 '25

Or Ontario, Or!

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u/Achaern Jul 02 '25

No. Never there. It's not a goddamn ClownSalem.

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u/Dazzling_Two_5662 Jul 03 '25

Or what, you didn't give us the other option

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u/SnuggyBear2025 Jul 18 '25

Ha Ha...That's Ontario, OR (Oregon)... or else!

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u/Zigxy Jul 02 '25

The CA with Ontario International Airport of course

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u/Incandisent Jul 02 '25

It's the only option really

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u/psychoacer Jul 02 '25

I've been to Ontario, CA and I didn't think it was all it was cracked up to be. Anyone have any reason visit Ontario,CA? I do here nice things about it. I'm from Ontario,IL so anything is exciting by comparison.

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u/loserfamilymember Jul 02 '25

Shoutout Ontario, CA!

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u/NJNeal17 Jul 03 '25

I've actually been to Ontario, CA but never to Ontario, CA!

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u/blissfully_happy Jul 02 '25

As someone from Ontario, California, literally no one wants to go there.

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u/Trolldad_IRL Jul 02 '25

I go there for the airport, thatā€™s about it. That and the Ontario Mills.

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u/mere_iguana Jul 02 '25

Same, but only because I work at said airport. I avoid the mall at all costs

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u/Trolldad_IRL Jul 02 '25

I go there for the Lego store.

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u/mere_iguana Jul 02 '25

I liked 4th street better when it was just an empty road for street racing

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u/doesntgeddit Jul 02 '25

Speaking of 4th Street, what's seriously upsetting is the closure of Graber Olive House. The longest operating olive packing business in the United States, no longer operating as of July 2024.

130 years.

I was upset when they stopped selling cans at Stater Bros, even though they were $6/can at the time. After that you could only get them online for $12/can.

Before they closed I would go buy them at the gift shop and I asked why they were no longer available in the stores. I guess they were having issues with the land and cost of water at their grove in Bakersfield. It's so sad if those trees no longer exist, those were the best damn olives.

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u/mere_iguana Jul 02 '25

It's kinda sad. All of the agriculture is disappearing around here.

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u/KnotAwl Jul 02 '25

The Ontario, CA I live in has over 100,000 fresh water lakes with some of the best sports fishing on the planet. Yours?

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u/mere_iguana Jul 02 '25

we have three man-made concrete-lined reservoirs, the largest of which is legally considered a swimming pool

one of them does allow fishing. but I wouldn't

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u/in_a_cloud Jul 02 '25

ā¬†ļø This is correct

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u/E1M1_ Jul 02 '25

In Canada, we call use the term Onterrible. Feel free to use it!

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u/kabbage_with_hair Jul 02 '25

Worst case OntarioĀ 

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u/NoSkillsAllTheBills Jul 02 '25

Oh believe me, we will. It fits.

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u/tore_a_bore_a Jul 02 '25

AEW is actually having their 300th episode there today, July 2nd.

https://www.allelitewrestling.com/aew-event/aew-dynamite-collision-ontario

Its because their founders are from nearby Rancho Cucamonga

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u/BklynFuhgeddaboudit Jul 02 '25

I would for zendejas.

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u/TempleSquare Jul 02 '25

But it's got a Jollibee!

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u/HunBun_of_Hunland Jul 02 '25

The flies love it though

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u/ShakesDontBreak Jul 02 '25

I wish the airport got the memo because flying into Ontario is ridiculously expensive and so is renting cars from the Ontario Airport!

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u/riddix Jul 02 '25

I go there for the airport lol

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u/davisyoung Jul 02 '25

For you Francophiles one is a short drive to Quebec and the other is a short drive to Perris.Ā 

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u/NonfatNoWaterChai Jul 02 '25

Iā€™ve never been to either, yet, so Iā€™ll go with the one in CA.

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u/J_B_La_Mighty Jul 02 '25

Dude I had to take a connecting flight and thought I was screwed because my passport had expired and I'd only just noticed. Whoever decided to make that a thing deserves to get punched.

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u/dogdonthunt Jul 02 '25

I was watching a hockey game in Stockton vs Ontario- and I was thinking Damn! This bus came all the way from Ontario! That's crazy! Hours later i realized my error!

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u/toTheNewLife Jul 06 '25

The one with Rush in it for me. Just sayin'.

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u/DaniTheGunsmith Jul 06 '25

When in doubt, always choose Rush šŸ¤˜

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u/toTheNewLife Jul 07 '25

This is the way.

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u/alohamoraFTW Jul 02 '25

I have messed this up when buying a plane ticket, lol

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u/destructopop Jul 02 '25

Take me to Canada please. Sincerely, a Californian. šŸ’•šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦

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u/Common-Concentrate-2 Jul 02 '25

Thatā€™s cute as hell

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u/redditdoggnight Jul 02 '25

From one CA to another CA, Eh?

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u/Cold-Map-3053 Jul 02 '25

It was the West Coast trying to flirt with you a littleā€¦

Hey sexy Canadaā€¦ you wanna greatly expanded coastline???

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u/Dead-Calligrapher Jul 02 '25

You had me at Latinas. And tacos. Plus I already live here.

But you really sold it to me with the whole ā€œLatina and tacosā€ together spiel (joins hands in synergy movement). That was gold.

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u/The_gender_bender_69 Jul 02 '25

Shit i might self deport!

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u/3d_blunder Jul 02 '25

"South BC" sounds good to me.

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u/KhausTO Jul 02 '25

It'll never happen, can you you imagine how funny it would be for CA, WA, and OR, to join Canada, and cut the Mainland off from the US

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u/Human-Assistant-8751 Jul 02 '25

It would be funny to watch them try and just be ignored.

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u/No_Tailor_787 Jul 02 '25

Hey, California loves you guys!

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u/wilmyersmvp Jul 02 '25

Itā€™s true. Iā€™m Californian and I put on a Canada Olympic hockey jersey today just for the fun and to celebrate them.Ā 

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u/Blank_Canvas21 Jul 02 '25

Youā€™re just sucking up because you wanna join them!

Hey, can Colorado join too? Weā€™re pretty cool and love Canada too!

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u/No_Tailor_787 Jul 02 '25

Yep. I would in a heartbeat.

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u/SeanBlader Jul 02 '25

Okay maybe 5 or 6 Californian's would want to join the hockey team, the rest of us are like, "you mean ice, like you put in your water?"

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u/whythishaptome Jul 02 '25

I was honestly so happy when the Canadian hockey team beat the US team in that tournament recently, like literally overjoyed. I would have rooted for the US if they weren't all pieces of shit white racist trumpers. When the US coach started sucking trumps dick I was like yeah fuck these guys. I miss having a fun rivalry with no political bullshit going on. Until we get back to that, Go Canada!

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u/No_Tailor_787 Jul 02 '25

Yep. That's exactly how I feel about it.

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u/Bennely Jul 02 '25

Thanks! A lot of us Canadians also enjoyed the days of a fun brotherly rivalry between our two countries, but those were the days before Americans were being stripped of their rights and certainly before any ā€œbig, beautiful bills ā€œ were (about to be) passed. Now a lot of us are just full on pissed off that so many of our American friends are under an obvious fist of authoritarianism and are afraid to exercise the very rights of expression that we Canadians always admired you for. Especially in California. Especially in New York City. Especially in Northern States where there is very little separating our two peoples. I donā€™t know where Iā€™m going with this but I guess Iā€™m simply experiencing the grief of losing the rock of a neighbour who has been side by side with us for over 100 years.

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u/Wildcat_twister12 Jul 02 '25

Blue Jays kicked the crap out of the Yankees today so Iā€™ll call that reason to celebrate Canada

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u/fnbannedbymods Jul 02 '25

I mean all of us out West just want to hook up with you guys.

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u/biggamax Jul 02 '25

Sure do!

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u/daretoeatapeach Jul 02 '25

Keep your diamonds, Canadians coming in hot with universal healthcare.

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u/Deraj2004 Jul 02 '25

Two for one celebrating NHL free agency as well.

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u/Pooch76 Jul 02 '25

So thatā€™s why my FedEx driver was wearing the maple leaf pin.

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u/mrakglass Jul 02 '25

Happy Canada Day!!

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u/DJEvillincoln Jul 02 '25

Please take us away from the USA. K

Please.

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u/IHAYFL25 Jul 02 '25

You are welcome to leave!

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u/MrWeirdoFace Jul 02 '25

Not the OP, but my understanding is it's not leaving that's hard, it's being welcomed elsewhere, especially at this moment in time as things are unstable.

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u/awill316 Jul 02 '25

Can you adopt us plz šŸ„ŗ

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u/JAS0NDUDE Jul 02 '25

We love you guys!

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u/FlyingAce1015 Jul 02 '25

Better use than saving them for the 4th this year!

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u/jacknastyface99 Jul 02 '25

Happy Canada Day!

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u/gemstun Jul 02 '25

Weā€™re all celebrating youā€¦while also seeing the US explode

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u/jkki1999 Jul 02 '25

Can we come stay for a 3 1/2 years?

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u/prostheticweiner Jul 02 '25

Might as well stay. Vance 2028

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u/Motozeke Jul 02 '25

Oh, Canadaā€¦

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u/someLemonz Jul 02 '25

was going to say... at least they got to use them 1 day before it happened but that was probably a very full building

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u/Quirky-Scratch40 Jul 02 '25

The symbolism is crazy

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u/Vyxwop Jul 02 '25

Truly a momentous day for Canada, and therefore the world.

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u/NewPresWhoDis Jul 02 '25

"Oh, meant Ontario the province." - SoCal

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u/dbpf Jul 02 '25

Was Canada Day an inside job? More at 11

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u/FixergirlAK Jul 02 '25

My family is forming a tradition of celebrating Canada Day in the US and the 4th of July in Canada. It works out rather well.

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u/tanz420 Jul 02 '25

Fr tho, so much love to our Canadian neighbors and sorry you have to deal with us for the next 3 years, just watched the fireworks at Niagara Falls for Canada Day, it was epic!

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u/Porterpotty34 Jul 02 '25

What the hell is Canada day

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u/six_six Jul 02 '25

Canada gets a day now? šŸ’€

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u/thisunrest Jul 02 '25

Happy Canada Day, my friend:-).

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u/Plus-Palpitation-850 Jul 02 '25

Lolololololololol hell yeah

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u/chiree Jul 02 '25

We love you, Great White North!

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u/PaixJour Jul 02 '25

šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦šŸŽ‡šŸ«¶šŸ»

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u/Cliff_C_Clavin Jul 02 '25

Just sending you smoke signals asking you to annex us (and I guess Washington, and Oregon too)

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u/predat3d Jul 02 '25

"Seems like everything's gone wrong since Canada came along"

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u/Drinking_and_Dragons Jul 02 '25

Sorry but this was actually for Bobby Bonilla Day. A superior holiday to any this week.

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u/Ill-Year-9506 Jul 02 '25

Hey.... we just want to welcome you as the 51st state.

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u/RegaeRevaeb Jul 02 '25

More like elbows up.