Videos Wednesday night showed a massive fire breaking out in a Georgia Walmart that required firefighters from several surrounding counties to extinguish.
Firefighters started arriving at the Peachtree City Walmart at 7:20 p.m., and efforts to extinguish the blaze stretched well into the evening, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. Police officers were the first to arrive, entering the store to attempt to put it out. Heavy smoke drove them back, and several were hospitalized from smoke inhalation.
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?#BREAKING: Firefighters Are battling Massive fire inside Walmart
Multiple firefighters are responding to a Large 3 alarm Walmart Fire with customers running with thick smoke seen for miles away as crews battle the blaze with injuries reported inside pic.twitter.com/cpSwcPct82
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Staff and firefighters ensured that all customers were evacuated before tackling the fire. A portion of the roof collapsed, billowing large columns of black smoke into the sky that could be seen for miles around.
Other pictures taken from customers appeared to show the fire starting in the paper aisle.
?#UPDATE: New photo Inside view of Walmart fire that’s burning near paper goods aisle. Now a 4 alarm fire in Peachtree City GA firefighters are reporting that the roof has Collapsed the cause of the fire is currently unknown at this time pic.twitter.com/9IQnYPSTjV
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Arson investigators were sent to the scene, according to Fox 5 Atlanta, and the cause of the inferno remains under investigation.
There were no reports of customers or staff members injured in the fire, the report noted.
