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Amazon Warehouse Collapse in Baltimore Leaves Two Dead (engadget.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the very-bad-news dept.

An anonymous reader quotes Engadget: Amazon is grappling with tragedy at one of its warehouses this weekend. A 50-foot wall at the company's southeast Baltimore fulfillment center collapsed on the night of November 2nd in the midst of a large storm, killing two people. They worked for an external company, an Amazon official told the Baltimore Sun... The storm was a particularly violent one that had torn roofs off apartment buildings and collapsed a ceiling at a TJ Maxx store, injuring three people. Amazon was caught up in extreme weather that unfortunately led to fatalities.

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  1. Luckily Amazon sells body bags... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...so the supervisor placed an Amazon Prime order and a robot brought a couple of them and some cleaning supplies.

    1. Re:Luckily Amazon sells body bags... by Chewbacon · · Score: 4, Funny

      This AC is telling the truth: https://www.amazon.com/two-4-f...

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    2. Re:Luckily Amazon sells body bags... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Funny

      My x- wife bought one of these. Should I be concerned?

      Great value and great for hauling dead bodies. No more bloody mess either. Leaving no trace of any corpse in your trunk!

      Priceless.

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  2. Well shit. by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well that's the last time I order a "like new" warehouse support beam. ;)

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