Preliminary reports say it may be arson, but all the same... this is an
example of WHY it isn't wise to put all your "information eggs in one
basket"...especially a HUGE BASKET with the potential of a devastating loss.

It may be a good time to evaluate your offsite providers and take a look at
their facility protection plans.

Larry

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/arson-suspected-in-metrofile-fire-1.1591157#.Ul1Qdqx2nnc

The blaze became an inferno soon after it started on Friday night and was
still being extinguished last night. It gutted the massive storage
facility, with tons of original documents fueling the fire.

Millions of government, bank and private documents went up in smoke.

Melted iron bars, shelves, metal sheets and smouldering fiberglass bore
testimony to the damage. Mounds of paper were ablaze.

“The fire is contained, but not extinguished, we are going to battle with
it for the next four to five days,” said Roger Jones, an eThekwini Fire
divisional commander.
Some of the documents strewn along Cubhouse Place seen by the Tribune on
Saturday include SAPS and Sassa documents, certified ID copies, original
bank slips (Absa and Standard Bank) government documents from the
Department of Agriculture, salary information, payslip duplicates and
insurance documents.

Larry
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*Lawrence J. Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972*

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