UPDATE: Firefighters tackle minor blaze at Walmart

Published 2:34 pm Thursday, July 13, 2023

File Photo | The Valdosta Daily TimesA Parkwood Developmental Center resident checks out a fire truck during the annual Mayor’s Motorcade event last year. The 2019 motorcade is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at Parkwood. Donations are now being collected for the motorcade. 

VALDOSTA — The Valdosta Fire Department was rolled out at 11:43 a.m. Thursday to a minor fire outside the Walmart on Inner Perimeter Road, the fire chief said.

Several plastic pallets outside the store’s auto center burned, Fire Chief Brian Boutwell said.

No evacuation of the store was necessary and no injuries were reported, he said. The fire was believed to be intentional; the fire department and the Valdosta Police Department have developed a “person of interest,” a statement from the fire department said.

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