A WAL-MART STORE IN CEDAR PARK
REMAINS CLOSED TONIGHT AFTER
SOMEONE INTENTIONALLY SET A
FIRE INSIDE. 2-SHANNON:IT
HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AT THE
LOCATION ON WALTON WAY NEAR
WHITESTONE AND BELL BOULEVARDS.
KXAN'S LAUREN KRAVETS SPOKE TO
A WOMAN WHO CAPTURED IT ON
CAMERA. AN EARLY MORNING
SHOPPING TRIP TO AVOID THE
CROWDS.. ENDS IN FLAMES."OH MY
GOD."JACKIE SINCLAIR PULLED
OUT HER PHONE AS SOON AS SHE
SAW SMOKE.JACKIE SINCLAIR
"THAT'S CRAZY, LIKE I'VE NEVER
SEEN NOTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE,
SO I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT WAS GOING ON.""HOW DID
THIS HAPPEN?"THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT.LAUREN"FIRE
OFFICIALS SAY SOMEONE CALLED
911 AT 1:44 WEDNESDAY MORNING.
AFTER INVESTIGATING, THEY SAY
SOMEONE SET A FIRE INSIDE
WALMART IN TWO SEPARATE
LOCATIONS.".. NEAR THE
CLOTHING SECTION AND IN THE
VACCUM AISLE. POLICE DO HAVE A
SUSPECT WHO HAS BEEN
INTERVIEWED.INVESTIGATORS SAY
IT IS áNOT A WALMART EMPLOYEE.
RANDLE BLESING, FIRE MARSHAL,
CEDAR PARK FIRE DEPT."IT IS
UNUSUAL, OF COURSE I DON'T
KNOW A LOT OF DETAILS OF THE
MOTIVE RIGHT NOW." THE FIRE
MARSHAL SAYS SPRINKLERS WENT
OFF, PUTTING OUT MOST OF THE
FLAMES. WALMART EMPLOYEES
EVACUATED THE STORE. "30
SECONDS IN, I WAS LIKE IN... I
SHOT THE VIDEO AND I WAS OUT,
I DID NOT WANT TO STAY IN
THERE."SINCLAIR CONTINUED
RECORDING OUTSIDE, WHERE SMOKE
BILLOWED INSIDE THE DOORS.
"LOTS OF BLACK SMOKE JUST
RADIATING FROM THAT AREA."
THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS INJURED.
LAUREN KRAVETS KXAN NEWS.
SHANNON:SO FAR, NO ONE HAS
BEEN CHARGED WITH THE CRIME.
WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR
BACK FROM WALMART ABOUT WHEN
THEY WILL RE-OPEN THE STORE.
CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
CLEAN UP INSIDE AND ASSESS THE
DAMAGE. 2-SHANNON:PEOPLE HAVE
SET FIRES IN OTHER WALMART
STORES BEFORE.2-ROBERT:A QUICK
GOOGLE SEARCH TURNS UP MORE
THAN A DOZEN IN THE PAST FEW
YEARS.THE DAMAGE CAN BE
EXPENSIVE.TWO YEARS AGO FIRES
IN A WEST VIRGINIA WALMART
CAUSED MORE THAN $2-MILLION
DOLLARS IN LOSSES.POLICE
ARRESTED AND CHARGED TWO
12-YEAR-OLD BOYS FOR STARTING
THOSE FIRES.LAST YEAR, A MAN
LIT A FIREWORKS DISPLAY ON
FIRE INSIDE A WALMART IN
PHOENIX.NO ONE WAS HURT - BUT
THE STORE SUSTAINED SEVERAL
MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF WATER
AND FIRE DAMAGE.POLICE
ARRESTED A SUSPECT A FEW
