Walmart to reopen after hazmat situation
THEY WILL PROVIDE A LIVE
REPORT.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> A HAZMAT SITUATION FORCED
CUSTOMERS OUT OF A WAL-MART IN
FAYETTEVILLE.
THIS HAPPENED AT THE STORE ON
RAMSEY STREET.
>> THAT IS WHERE WE FIND WRAL'S
NIA HARDEN LIVE THIS MORNING
WITH MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT
HAPPENED THERE.
NIA?
>> Reporter: WELL, JEFF AND
RENEE THAT WAL-MART HERE BEHIND
ME IS STILL CLOSED ACCORDING TO
A MAN WHO WORKS HERE.
HE TELLS US THAT IT WILL NOT
OPEN BACK UP UNTIL 6:00 THIS
MORNING AFTER LAST NIGHT'S
INCIDENT.
THEY SAID THAT THEY DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE SMELL OF GAS WAS
COMING FROM.
WHAT THEY ENDED UP DOING THEY
TELL US IS THEY SAY
PROFESSIONALS ENDING UP CUTTING
OFF THE GAS LINES.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU PICTURES
FROM LAST NIGHT WHEN THIS ALL
HAPPENED AROUND 10:30 ACCORDING
TO WE'RE BEING TOLD FOR THE
FAYETTEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
WAS OUT HERE.
RESPONDING TO THIS AFTER THE
REPORT OF THAT SMELL OF NATURAL
GAS IN THE WAL-MART.
THE STORE WAS EVACUATED FOR
SAFETY UNTIL CREWS COULD FIND A
SOURCE.
AGAIN, THEY ENDED UP CUTTING
SOME LINES ACCORDING TO AN
EMPLOYEE HERE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS NO ONE
WAS HURT.
NOW INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT TOLD
US WHERE OR WHAT THAT SOURCE OF
SMELL WAS.
OF COURSE WHEN WE GET MORE
INFORMATION FROM THEM WE'LL
MAKE SURE TO PASS IT ALONG.