PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. - Peachtree City police have made an arrest in the four-alarm fire that caused massive damage to a local Walmart.FOX 5 has confirmed that a 14-year-old girl has been arrested in connection with the fire.
Investigators have not released the suspect's name.Investigators tell FOX 5's Doug Evans that they are nowhere close to determining a motive for the alleged arson, which started in the paper products aisle of the store.The fire broke out shortly before 7:20 p.m.
on Wednesday, Aug. 24 at the Walmart located on 2717 Georgia Highway 54. Another alert was given to firefighters when the sprinklers went off in an attempt to begin to suppress the blaze.Firefighters said the sprinklers were quickly overwhelmed.Credit: Peachtree City Police Department and Peachtree City Fire Rescue "A building like this has a large fire load, fire load meaning the materials stored inside the building," Peachtree City Fire Department Assistant Chief Wil Harbin.Peachtree City police officers were the first at the scene.
Body cam video released on Thursday shows those officers running through the store to make sure everyone was evacuated.Body cam video released a day after a fire gutted a portion of the Peachtree City Walmart shows officer frantic running through the store just minutes after being called to the scene to make sure everyone was out.