UPDATE (March 18, 2022):
PLAINFIELD, Ind. (ADAMS) – The focus at the now-gutted Walmart warehouse near the Indianapolis airport is now on finding what started Wednesday’s massive fire.
Investigators say they do not know what sparked the fire, and may not know for a while. A total of 24 fire departments helped fight the fire that took about 24 hours to extinguish. No one was hurt in the fire, though the state has issued an air quality alert for Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, and Marion counties because of the smoke from the fire. Walmart yesterday said it does not expect to see too many delays or disruptions because of the fire.
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ORIGINAL STORY:
PLAINFIELD, Ind. (ADAMS) – Firefighters expect to spend another day at a now-destroyed Walmart warehouse near the Indianapolis Airport after a massive fire there yesterday.
The fire broke out at about noon. Smoke from the fire could be seen for miles, in fact, the smoke was so thick it was picked up on weather radars across the state.
Plainfield Fire Department Chief Brent Anderson said each of the 1,000 employees at the center escaped safely.
The ATF and the State Fire Marshal questioned workers offsite about the fire, but it’s still unclear what the cause was.
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