No injuries at Walmart warehouse fire | Update

Firefighters are working to put out a fire at a warehouse in Plainfield Wednesday afternoon.

The Hendricks County Communications Center got a call at 11:57 a.m. about a fire at the Walmart Distribution Center, which is located at 9590 Allpoints Pkwy., near Ronald Reagan Parkway and East County Road 100 South.

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[wes.]

In view of the rapid spread of that fire that building was constructed to minimal if any County or State Fire Codes!
I find it hard to believe that building had fire sprinklers, or Standby' Fire hoses.
Fire Sprinklers are typical in California State area truck/trailer loading docks.
In building wasn't constructed to typical large population counties standards.
(But Hey! That's how we were able to keep the prices low at checkout!)

[Rink]

This fire spreading this fast might mean the warehouse's internal fire suppression system did Not work. There may have been lack of firefighting materials like fire extinguishers or more, might be huge ramifications against this particular walmart facility owner in safety fines and possibly more.

[JensenSarpy]

Three weeks later and we still don't know what was in that place.

[jamesconway]

So why is Walmart not being criminally charged. Clearly the Warehouse was completely totally overloaded beyond safe capacity. Clearly the aisles we're blocked with merchandise blocking exit emergency doors. Clearly the fire suppression system was either turned off or simply not functioning. And it had been inadequate. Why are they not doing an arson investigation. Knowing how much money Walmart will receive from the insurance of this event should raise immediately suspicion. I don't even know how they can clearly say there was absolutely no deaths involved when they had not cleared the building through an investigation at that point when this report was taken. When you have fire that intense who's to say a body was not burned to ashes. The employees did not even have the time to gather their personal effects such as wallets purses medications. That's how out of control this fire was. With the merchandise in the store literally stocked from the floor almost all the way to the ceiling distribution warehouse or not there's no excuse why Walmart repeatedly gets away with overstocking their stores their warehouses and their distribution centers putting their employees at risk and any visitors that are on site. Why do other public places have to follow strict fire restriction codes and laws and Walmart corporation continually gets away with incidents like this that has happened repeatedly in multiple locations. I hope everyone out there realizes that Walmart Walmart just made a huge profit because they can literally claim the merchandise in the store for the increased market value rather than what they actually paid for it plus they do not have to have pay taxes on the profit from that merchandise nor do they have to pay employees selling that merchandise or even stocking that merchandise so they save money on the time that it would take to sell all those individual pieces of merchandise instead they can claim it as one big fire claiming all merchandise as damage even the trucks outside will be replaced by their insurance company and they will also get the money for the facility warehouse distribution center itself. Funny though how none of that money actually goes toward reimbursing the employees that no longer have a job now because of Walmart's Management's clear incompetence. Basically Walmart profits and the employees suffer the usual Walmart way.

[vhnetwork]

Wow, 3rd floor mezzanine. that's way high, no wonder the fire was appearing on the roof top so quickly.

[judyc]

How many square feet is this massive facility?

[DR-jurs]

Fire sprinkler and Alarms are suppose to be automatic. Everyone inside should just have to run. Things that make you go, Hmmm.

[Red_Pill_Matrix]

3rd floor mezzanine area... How did it get so big so quick? Wow! A lot of dry goods inside most likely.. Glad all employees got out!

[ProphetJoseph]

All Wal Mart distribution centers should be shut down until they are inspected for correct fire sprinklers system are in place and functioning correctly.

[queenmothervirgomaat]

Maybe the small business man can reopen his business now That Suck-a-thon Walmart is on fire!

[TheDrunkenPug]

Ah yes, the annual Walmart fire sale.

[nwariverrat]

Ever been in a DC huge fire loads
alarm is from water flow takes awhile

[akap]

Everyone in the area hasn’t been evacuated. There is a second walmart warehouse across the parking lot that still has employees in it without communication to family members.

[leem]

Did it have a sprinkler system? Where was the alarm system should have set off so why did an employee have to call it in?