Walmart Distribution Center WTHR Coverage | 6 p.m. Update | March 16, 2022
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A modern building with fire supression systems and procedures should never have a fire spread that quickly. Something is fishy here.
Walmart is the ruling class. They are always up to corruption. Add to that, look at the color of the smoke. It's toxic plastic/oil smoke.
If I had to guess. I'd say electrical fire. Not much a sprinkler can do when they are below the fire.
But even aside from that. We are talking about a tar roof and paints that are more often than not, incredibly flammable. By the time a fire suppression system got activated, the fire would already make it past the suppression systems, getting to the tar roofs.
Also, I worked in a Walmart deli. Sometimes things got smokey in there. If the sprinklers had that kind of tolerance, a fire could become pretty unmanageable before it got triggered. But the question is, would it be too unmanageable for the suppression system?
I also don't know if they were tuned any differently compared to the rest of the store. And I wouldn't have hesitated to pull the button if a fire occurred near the oil.
But one event scared the shit out of me. Our used oil carriage sprung a leak and we didn't realize until after the return trip. So over 100 ft of oil was dripped across the store. This would obviously take time for 3 people to clean up and over a dozen wet floor signs. So I was trying to get ahold of a manager, and they never showed up. A hour later we had it cleaned up and luckily nobody slipped despite us only having access to 4 wet floor signs. - I wonder if anyone tried contacting a manager concerning this fire, and failed to get their attention.
@@CriticalThinker27 go figure a warehouse full of consumer products produces black smoke when it burns.
That's simply not true. All it takes is for the paint to catch or for the fire to start due to an explosion. This kind of fire happens even in modern buildings.
Cause it was done on purpose you fools
All I see is two ladder trucks pissing on an Inferno W.T.F
I'm surprised that Walmart didn't make people stay in the building and work.
No thats Amazon!
@@justsayingbud7766 Hellmart too
🤣🤣My husband would have loved that comment - he worked for the distribution center in PA for 20 years.
He said they were tyrants. 👍
yeah but all employees were clocked out when first alarm sounded!
I hope somebody was there to greet the firefighters.
I can say that as a retired building inspector I find it very unusual the fire got out of control so rapidly. This type of building occupancy S-1 requires sprinklers. Something is just not right in this fire. Sprinklers turned off? Didn't want to pay for the water service to feed the system. Yes, those systems are expensive to support. So is the damage and worse yet the possible loss of life that can't be measured. 🤔
Isn't it so confusing ....NOT !
Same thing happened to citadels (hedge fund) building burned. Destroyed evidence.
I'm glad you are experience Sir I believe they cashing in on insurance ijs 🤷🏾♀️
Amazing nobody died. So scary
That's a pretty big leap to assume the cause isn't it? Pointing finger at Walmart, assuming they didn't want to pay what water fee's? What additional fees are you referring too?
I've seen plenty of "sprinklered" buildings go fully involved before the first Truck arrives.
Maybe lets wait to see before starting to assume or place blame.
So they burned it down as an excuse to tell ppl there are no products. BS!!!!
So sad. My father works at this location, so thankful everyone was okay.
hope he can get another job
What happened
@@tjon66 Thank you😊. Walmart is going to be moving their workers into other walmart locations.
Glad his out safe do anyone know what cause fire?
Glad everyone was safe.
The whole building on fire at the same time with a sprinkler system during daylight hours hmmmm
How does a modern concrete and steel building 1: with a large sprinkler and fire protection system
2: Fire dept on scene within 3 minutes
3: An occupied building with many witnesses??? Burn to the ground?
Were they only distributing fireworks?
So many questions
sadly many sprinklers are not matched to the size of the building, many use the type for much smaller warehouses. A flaw not yet looked at
The sprinkler systems are 40-50 feet high inside the warehouse and most of the warehouse is one level. So they didn’t really activate until the flames were 20-30 feet high or so.
Also they sell e-commerce products like Amazon, so there’s plenty of boxes and flammable products. Also the machinery I used to operate there are powered by hydrogen batteries, that are about 2000 pounds each.
@@keyshawncampbell5431 Im leaning on you with this one. The same thing took down an Amazon building in California. Some new material has hit the scene in large amounts and its reactive. Lithium batteries perhaps?
@@jason1440 I’m not sure, I just remembered the safety class I took for that job. They just told us if we hear a hissing or bubbling get off the machine and get as far away as possible. They told us they’re filled with hydrogen gas, sulfuric acid, and water.
I worked there, but now I currently work about almost 10 miles away at a dealership and the smoke was actually traveling over the dealership.
The fire suppression systems in that facility probably malfunctioned. For one the massive sprinkler system should be enough to stop it before it escalated.
CORRUPTION AT ITS FINEST. Somehow, this building met all fire codes. This could have been a mass casualty incident very easily. Someone or multiple people were obviously paid off to look the other way in regards to fire inspections and whoever is in charge of building permits. The local fire inspector and whoever is in charge of building permits when this was built should be fired and investigated. It is absolutely ridiculous that a fire from that warehouse got so big, it literally tapped the box in the entire county and called for mutual aid in neighboring counties. As someone who has worked in fire inspections, this is an obvious lack of or inadequate fire suppression system for the size of this building. If it was adequate and working properly, the zone the fire started in would have put the fire out.
Follow the money ,
No working fire sprinkler system ? Would have a fire pump x 2 for sure with 3/4” minimum to 1” sprinkler heads ELO in the warehouses!
It appears the system was not working or deliberately turned off. There is no in between that the fire grew that large period. I would say this was an inside revenge job.
Yeah I call bullish•t, sabotage or planned.
Very odd that the fire suppression system didn't work and or the fire walls. Another pre planned shortage of supplies
Listen to the radio communication on YT the pumps for the sprinklers were shut off by the fire department shortly after entering bldg. When they tried to start again pumps had lost prime.
Ya. I see a military strategic plan in all this "oops".
Contaminats in food and drugs and water supplies
Shortages where there were non.
Items relocated to unknown warehouses.
Transportation issues blamed on anything. Closed buildings cause of flooding. In areas there was no flood.
Medical issues
and personnel issues when good people apply and are not hired!!!
Power source issue
Arsonist caught setting forest fires and certain rich people bailing them out.
@@rchighfield1 Do you know what the logic was behind shutting off the pumps?
@@sleeplessdev7204 no sir, on the radio communications you hear one firefighter say that it’s under control and within seconds he ask for them to be cutoff. There’s a lot of steam that’s generated from sprinklers on a fire but it also occurs from a line that’s being sprayed on a fire.
Exactly
I don't think this is by " accident" now we will see another excuse to raise prices
Or even more less items. Smh
This
Putin did it!! Russia Russia Russia
Exactly And more toilet paper shortages
….nothing will change from this other warehouses in the district will take their extra freight and their employees will be spread out to other warehouses/stores
I'm just going to say it out loud: Li-Ion batteries are BAD, and a terrible idea on large machines like forklifts and shuttle trucks.
They each become a bomb as the fire reaches them, and sprinklers do nothing at all but make it harder to get around them as they burn and explode.
Lithium in any form is bad news
Very true
Fear not, biyden says we will all be safe sitting in our electric vehicles.
But propane tanks aren't like bombs? I've seen only standard lead acid batteries use in shuttle trucks and forklifts. You sound clueless.
@@dmattoon723 actually the gentleman was exactly correct. I can assure you lithium batteries or anything lithium is very water reactive.
I work at the DC in illinois, and it strikes me odd that it appears none of the built in firewalls did their job. Were they not closed? Was the wind really that crazy today? The loud explosions could very well be from the aerosol room. It is usually kept separate from the rest of the building, with its own firewall. If the fire were to have started in a central location, it would spread very rapidly as that is where most of our backstock merchandise is stored. (in our dc anyway)....just found out this is a return/damage facility so their layout is obviously different, but between firewalls, sprinklers, and protocols it should have not been this crazy. I curiously await the cause and the reason it spread so fast.
Actually, the DC you're thinking of, is on the other side of Indianapolis. I won't publicly say what this DC handled, but it definitely wasn't returns.
@@me1007usx Then my superiors at my DC lied to me, interesting.....
@@me1007usx .....or perhaps they just dont know, its a newer building than i thought
@meagle phoenix News outlets have already reported its an E-commerce DC.
It's an e commerce DC, relatively new. I worked in Asset Protection in a DC myself for 20 years. I'm surprised myself that all the Protection systems were overtaken so easily. However they all have their limitations and perhaps this was a perfect storm?
Kinda strange with a major food shortage going on and this happens most walmarts are running low of food here in Glendale Arizona but not the liquid and beer aisles are always packed
So glad i split from phoenix a year ago..
This is part of the plan great reset
@Dances with Republicans no but I bet you tale showers with your mask on right pleb
@Dances with Republicans look around at the stores they are getting very low on products Costco Fry's walmart food city ranch markets and other grocery Outlets I've been to each one in the last 3 days
@Dances with RepublicansIts not happening here either!🤔 the alcohol is fly thow, guess people don't like living here!
Wonder why the automatic sprinkler system didn’t work in this building. Did the fire department not do their yearly inspection or was the sprinkler system turned off for some odd reason?
Because it was carefully planned.
Is it part of Biden's plan?
@@laurens.2503 no.
Maybe the explosions were forklift propane tanks?? There has to be a bunch of lift trucks in there
they do not use propane lifts
More than likely those small colemen propane tanks for cooking & heating
Propane, kerosene,lighter fluid both charcoal and butane, charcoal, shotgun shells, cooking oil, melted plastics once on fire burn forever, car tires, throw some wd-40 and all aerosol cans in the mix, you got a neighbor bon fire. That place has msds the size of a dictionary
There would have been diesel in the trailer reefer tanks too
I work at the dc in illinois, it was most likely coming from the aerosol room. All the flammable items are kept in one room with its own firewall so if a fire breaks out in that room it can be contained.
Firefighter training got real very quick. Glad everyone is safe
Right!!!
Did they not have sprinklers. Amazing how fast it spread. Very interested to see what caused this.
Im glad the smoke didnt have covid in it
Just wait a couple of days.
Walmart and their insurance company: no humans involved.
What was it ..hit with a bomb?
Pretty big fire for a building equipped with fire safety measures everywhere.
10% for the Big Guy?
Thank God for firefighters 🙏🏼 it's good to know that the people are safe
And lightning bugs. Maybe lightning bugs were there at night to help see in the dark.
Employees evacuated themselves, 3min arrival by firefighters, cutoff sprinklers…well prepared is not how I would refer to losing a million plus square foot bldg. Took a few to even find the fire and shortly after locating classified it under control. Clusterf**ck is a proper description.
What do you expect, it's Wal-Mart?
Why does this smell fishy to me? Still, I applaud the fire fighters!
I smell something funny! The fire fighter seems nervous. Must have started as a small fire to not have injured or killed people. Odd
I wonder if this fire was started by Arson? These Walmart DC warehouses have so many pallets inside which cause so much fuel for the fire. So sad but glad to hear there were no major injuries.
There was another fire that happened at a warehouse being built in browns-burg Friday. What a coincidence another fire happens again shortly after this one?
@JPT
Don’t quit your day job
How did this get through the wall to wall war coverage?
It didn't on the national outlets. This is local news. CNN didn't have a mention of it.
We have a case here of wall to wall fire coverage!
It used to be wall to wall Covid coverage. Notice how that just ended all of a sudden.
Amazing how fire can spread so fast ...and all destroyed...isn't it ?
🔥 dubbles in size ever 60 seconds
Chinese plastic burns really well.
I'm sure this will cause even more empty shelves. Even here in California where I live.
When did they start selling fire? Walmart truly does have it all.
Except carts that ride smoothly
when gas prices are so high, you make more money burning your merchandise than transporting and selling it ....... Lets Go Brandon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's go DARWIN !! MAGA = *_mACHE AmeriKa GRATE aGain_*
Trump is not president dumb@$$.
Lol pathetic🐑!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I worked at Walmart distribution center for 10 years and I can say I have witnessed how they put anything in a trailer like flammable freight with other freight. Causing fires.
I interested to know what happened with the sprinkler system. If it was working, the fire shouldn't have gotten that big.
Wind was not inside the building....something is wierd...
What happen to the fire sprinkler system??
certain fires sprinkles wont work reallly depends
probably no water
It burned up.
I have no idea, but some fires start above the sprinklers. Like a roof fire. It is quite possible this started on the roof.
The distance from the sprinklers to the fire was large so most of the water would have evaporated by the time it hit the fire.
Kinda strange that the fire fighters were doing a training exercise close by, really? The winds fanned the flames, then why was the smoke going straight up into the air. This is common sense people!🤔. Wake up! Now they setting building fires.
Yeah and Friday there was another fire at a brownsburg warehouse being built
Man smiled as said “you can hear explosions” in the building man’s like the joker lol
Because he knows they blew the shit up obviously
I seen this from a cousin that shared on Facebook. I'm am so glad that all was able to get out okay including each an every firefighters. God is great
God is great but apparently the education system isn't. When you say "I seen" we know the next part of the statement won't be "the inside of a book".
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If your invisible sky fairy is so great like you say he wouldnt have let this happen in the first place.
Those fire trucks look like me pissing on a house fire
Walmart fire suppression systems. Always the lowest price!
That's some supply chain issues.
Crazy. This very same thing just happened to a giant grocery distribution hub in Taiwan.
And in December a 1.2 million sq ft QVC DC in North Carolina.
🤔
I'm really surprised their insurance carriers didn't require more stringent compliance with regulations.
Must be where they stock piled all their ammo after they pulled it from the shelves from the sound of it
Huge building, no firebreak walls. It could have been contained.
I'm glad everyone is okay. Sad that 1,000 people out of work now.
Amazon will hire them
I'm surprised nobody was hurt. Very glad, but surprised. Those firefighters are REALLY brave people.
The illegals that Biden wants hired dont have lives or an identity number 🤣
No fire sprinklers? Be interesting to see what caused it
Don't know for sheer but you do know right wingers have been setting the stores on fire!🤔
How about them camera s
Back-up in Bentonville AK
Probably to cut cost. Just like not paying its workers a living wage and benefits.
@@rickyedwards5480 proof please
Pipes more than likely broke when the roof collapsed.
My brothers ex-girlfriend’s uncle’s barber’s mother’s neighbor worked there
It was employed by illegals that is why no one got hurt🤷😉
Scary I am glad everyone is safe
WTHR, great news coverage! From Plymouth, MA, thank you WTHR for sharing this information in such a way, and do such, with much journalistic professionalism. Also, to those that work at the Plainville, Indiana D.C., I'm very happy to know that, from what I'm told at this point, that ALL are accounted for. I hope that is true. I'm sure your Walmart family members around the company are following this, and care about all of you.
This is a devastating event for Walmart, and those associates that work there, and those associates that work in the stores nearby, and around our company. The impact will affect many, including the associates, and the stores, and its customers in the coming weeks and months ahead.
From my personal view as an associate myself, I'm sure that our company thanks ALL emergency responders, INCLUDING those behind the scenes, and those that follow up with this investigation, for their tireless effort to deal with this tragedy, and to aid in further ways to prevent such, from occurring in the future.
Looking for a job in corporate PR? Wow, you are good.
Unreal engine is running
What I want to know is: Did the greeter say hello to all the emergency response people?!
Couldn't of happened to a nicer company
Now I know that build had to have a fire sprinkler system in it. I bet someone turned off the OS&Y Valve at the Standpipe
Walmart banned the halos fire system because mylar balloons MIGHT set them off. Too many people in there not to notice smoke or fire. Stagged event !
@Bend Over damn, took me way too long to find the answer here. I heard that they initially had it controlled but wondered how they lost it. Have to feel for them, salvage is a part of our job but I feel like sometimes crews are to quick too isolate sprinklers.
Welp, the prices of Wallfart products just got more pricey. The consumers always pay more for company mishaps like this.
It's no different than the price increase of gasoline at the station pumps.
I work in a Wal-Mart that is like you or I dropping a penny and watching it roll away. It's not a problem. We had a 2 million+ dollar shrink last year in one store now multiply that by thousands of stores even if you go lower and say 1 million dollars or even 1/2 a million shrink your still talking Billions of dollars every year just disappearing.
Was watching a live feed from a You Tuber "Just Truckin". He was a distance away and you could see smoke from quite a distance. So glad no serious injury's. The cause will take a while to determine.
the smoke blocked out the sun for about an hour. it was terrifying, especially when all we could hear were explosions and all we knew was there was a fire.
I saw that to, funny that if his trailer hadn't been held up for a day he probably wouldn't have been there to see it happen
My brother works on the other side of Indianapolis, 18 miles away, and he could easily see the cloud of smoke from his office
Looked like a nuke sent from Amazon . . . COMPETITION is a Bitch
everyone's saying it was in plainfield, but it was literally less than a mile from the Avon High School, which is JUST west of indy and a little north of plainfield
It's also 2 miles from Plainfield's Walmart supercenter. That's probably why. Most of our merchandise comes from that DC.
@@marytyrrell5016 Don't worry. The DC that you get most of your merchandise from ... is somewhere else. (From a Walmart driver)
Not one U.S. made product lost.
can you imagine how much Walmarts insurance company is going to have to pay to replace all of that while also paying the workers salaries.
Total loss not including the building, $7500.00. China says they can resupply as soon as shipping is scheduled.
Glad everyone is safe. I do question the 1000 employee count. The local Walmart Distribution center near me employees 600 but that is the total of 4 shifts. So the actual number in the people in the building at any one time was probably only a fraction of total employees .
I’m surprised they can find 1000 people to work! Would be nice if they could staff their stores. I just returned from the Walmart store… no manned checkout isles. All self service and NO returns after 4pm even though they’re open until 11pm.
There goes the toilet paper supply
How suspicious…..food shortages and this massive distribution center burned to the ground.
I feel for the families affected.. The fc i worked at for Qvc went up back in December.. Its a crappy feeling not knowing what happens next
If the company was on the up and up, they would've had the insurance in place to protect their employees during times like this. Most business insurance pays your employees for loss of work due to a fire loss such as this.
They did for us.. I feel like we were compensated fairly.. Especially considering it happened a week before Christmas
Or well i was.. I cant speak for everyone else
I'll tell you this. Walmart is a very clean operation. But, and I warn people about this. As a Cherry Picker operator when people pull the cartons and place the labels on the cartons they leave behind the backing of the labels their going to attach to a carton or cartons in the racks they leave the backs of the the labels in the racks. And they build up. When a fire breaks out those label backs catch fire because the label backs are non-stick and rise into the air on fire and land on another rack and start another fire to break out. Over and over like burning a pile of dry leaves.
You are really showing your ignorance.
Hope this isn’t a continuation of the fiery but mostly peaceful protesting
Wow! Glad to hear everyone is okay. Stay safe Firefighters!
That's scary. Glad everyone is reported safe.
it makes you wounder how fires like this get so big. When we have flame retardant materials, sprinkler systems inside the building, annual fire extinguisher training (most big companies) etc. crazy stuff. Glad all made it out.
So was this lithium batteries?
OK Grandma and the VAMPIRE great news.. now my $3 DVDS are going to be $20
What the heck does Walmart have that would burn like that? It looked like the Chemtool plant last summer.
Let's see: chemicals and lots of them for one. Let's not forget all of the batteries including the ones inside the forklifts and other machinery. Not to mention all the cardboard boxes things are in, paper, hairsprays, aerosol containers and many more things that are flammable. There were actual explosions from inside the building. Walmart sells all kinds of things.
Everything from walmart is shit from china, and all made of PLASTIC. Plastic is basically oil.
All that Chinese crap up in smoke. What a set back for the green movement. 🙊🙈🙉
Looks suspicious to me!
Guessing a lot of cleaning chemicals were warehoused at the facility. Bleach, ammonia, any auto supplies that are flammable or combustible/pressurized. I'm sure water on them would be like throwing water on a grease fire. Just spread everywhere. I had not heard about this when it had happened.
Very good reporting by Channel 13 WTHR.
How oddly inconvenient 🤔
WRTV Spends a lot of time covering up the fire department roll in making the fire bigger!
What the matter, supplychain catching up? Cant have that
Why the ATF?
Arson by disgruntled employee...take it to the bank.
OOOOOOOO-weeeeee there's gonna be lawyers everywhere.
BRUNING EVIDENCE
How are sprinklers shut off before fire is out, not in control? Seems sketchy at best.
Now there prices are going to double what they are now
Batteries burn and can not be doused with water, think about the EV your driving
Was there fire sprinklers in the buildings?
Seems suspicious that no one mentioned anything about the cause of the fire. Or it was so brief I missed it. Is it just a general expectation of insurance claim or what?
They said it could take weeks to find the cause but how can a fire on that big of the building spread that quick?
GREAT News Coverage!!!
Great timing wally world what did you get for that one ?
It's too early but I do hope that they rebuild and can get it done quickly. Huge distribution center. Forget the destroyed goods, that is not an insignificant financial loss for the community and especially for many or even most of the thousand or so employees. Thankfully, nobody was physically hurt.
A convenient way to get rid of damaged merchandise!
It's just another loss for the earth... more toxic compounds released into the atmosphere.
@@jayjaynella4539 oh shut up
My Rustler jeans are on fire 🔥😱
I'm glad everyone got out ok and it's a shame because they people will be without work for a while. I hope they get help from the local government and Walmart itself. This fire shouldn't slow down the products coming into Walmart because this company has many other locations.
You obviously have no idea how supply chains work.
Don't they have building codes that forbid the use of toxic materials in new constructions?
The local airport has foam the only way to stop the fire once it’s above the sprinklers, no effort to move things away from the building, should’ve foamed the roofs
Ya. That black smoke tells me that water alone isnt going to contain it.
Depends, they might've but their were no clips of it
they probably would not have enough foam to put out the walmart fire. that place is massive. they are probably only equipped to put out a few jumbo jets.
Walmart deals are hot 🔥 items are flying off the assembly line!🤨
This fire was intentionally set, to many fires going on besides the building, ARSON>
There are 2 reasons the B.A.T.F. was called in;#1 property valued over 1million dollars and #2 the fire is of a suspicious type;( The B.A.T.F. has the most up to date,highly trained fire Investigators in the U.S.A, they host training sessions and train government agents at their facility in Quantico Virginia. ) they have several mobile evidence/ portable lab trucks stationed throughout the U.S.