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Walmart store in Elmwood closed after fire causes ‘significant’ damage
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By Nagasunder in Business News, posted June 1, 2022
The Walmart shop in Elmwood was closed after a fire caused "serious" damage to the business.
Jefferson Parish government spokesperson Gretchen Hirt Gendron said “No one was injured in the blaze” which was reported about 9:44 p.m. at the Walmart located at 5110 Jefferson Highway on Monday, May 30.
The cause of the one-alarm fire, according to Grendron, has yet to be identified. As of Tuesday morning, investigators from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
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Jefferson Parish East Bank Consolidated Fire Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms were on the scene.
A second fire was reported Tuesday morning.
The fire was electrical, Grendron said, caused by a large amount of water on the store's floor after Monday's fire-fighting efforts.
The second fire caused no injuries.
Officials of Jefferson Parish are unsure when the store will reopen.
Source: Nola
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