A fire broke out at a toilet paper facility in California, posing a risk of disruption to the critical market in the United States.

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08/04/2026
A fire broke out at a Kimberly-Clark Corporation distribution center in Ontario, California, USA, which stores paper products. This could result in a supply interruption for a market serving approximately 50 million consumers. Kimberly-Clark Corporation has stated that there have been no reports of casualties so far, but Mike Wedell, Deputy Chief of the Ontario Fire Department in California, confirmed that a male employee of the paper company has been arrested on suspicion of arson. He said, "From the initial stages, this fire appears to be suspicious in nature." Kimberly-Clark stock prices fell.