USE CAUTION: Giant Fire at Walmart Distro Center in Plainfield

[jsx1043]

All of our west Indy/Hendricks county peeps, use caution out by the Walmart distribution center, it's on FIIIIIIRE!

Firefighters turned off part of sprinkler system at Plainfield Walmart fulfillment center

Plainfield Fire Department Chief Brent Anderson said the fire suppression system at the facility was working correctly at the time firefighters arrived.

www.wthr.com

 

[chipbennett]

I was just returning home (Avon) from taking my youngest daughter to her voice lesson, at a house in the development just east of that distribution center, on the north side of 100S, when this happened. Passed a fire truck going east as we were headed west. I didn't notice any smoke, so it must have been just as the conflagration broke out.

 

[indyblue]

I was at Costco gas station nearby, it was raining ashes on me.

 

[fzd]

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I can see the smoke from my house down here on the south side of Indy.

 

[HCRMPD1]

Prayers to the firemen. I hope none of them get hurt as it looks like a nasty blaze.

 

[Super Bee]

When I saw the headline I read "Fire At Walmart Disco". . . And thought Walmart has a disco?

Hopefully everyone is ok.

 

[bwframe]

Nigel of Nigel and Hammer said some of the pics resemble explosions in Ukraine.

They are reporting on it...

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[KittySlayer]

Russians?

Hoping everyone is safe. This ought to jack up supply chains for a while.

 

[indyjohn]

I can see the smoke from my house down here on the south side of Indy.

I'm seeing the plume from the southeast corner of Marion county.

 

[Keith_Indy]

Reports are all employees safe and accounted for...

On another note, wouldn't this be the way to cripple a city, burn all the distribution centers around it.

 

[manifest destiny]

View from Morgan county ~1425. The pics don't really do it justice. It was a very ominous sight. I hadn't heard the news before I saw the smoke. I worried it might have been a plane crash based on my direction of travel and its proximity to the airport. I hope nobody is hurt.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

That looks bad, really bad. Glad to hear everyone is accounted for.

 

[thej27]

I could see the smoke in Montgomery County. Looked like a storm cloud with a low base

 

[manifest destiny]

That looks bad, really bad. Glad to hear everyone is accounted for.

It looked worse to the naked eye than the pics suggest. Pic from HWY 42 between Mooresville and Monrovia. Not sure how many miles it would be as the crow flies. I can imagine a warehouse for Walmart would contain a lot of things that would complicate containment efforts. Oil, solvents, tires, etc.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

I think the smell is making its way due north as well. A very putrid burned plastic smell in the air and probably not local hog barns. We are about 1 hour due north of Indy.

 

[jsx1043]

Reports on the ground from my people advising they can see the plume as far away as Whiteland and Greencastle

On the public safety side:

All fire personnel in Hendricks County have been called in, Marion County fire stations are being deployed for mutual aid, Marion County Fire Buffs (rehab support volunteers) have been fully activated and are grabbing support apparatuses to rehab firefighters with food, water and air bottle refills (last I heard at approx 1400 hours, all air bottles from the Hendricks County personnel were completely depleted).

I’m on standby for Marion County EMA and our EOC has been activated in support.

 

[printcraft]

I was at Costco gas station nearby, it was raining ashes on me.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Reports on the ground from my people advising they can see the plume as far away as Whiteland and Greencastle

On the public safety side:

All fire personnel in Hendricks County have been called in, Marion County fire stations are being deployed for mutual aid, Marion County Fire Buffs (rehab support volunteers) have been fully activated and are grabbing support apparatuses to rehab firefighters with food, water and air bottle refills (last I heard at approx 1400 hours, all air bottles from the Hendricks County personnel were completely depleted).

I’m on standby for Marion County EMA and our EOC has been activated in support.

I was hearing a lot of fire vehicles going by my house earlier (near Thompson and 135) and wondered if they were heading out there.

 

[NyleRN]

That's a lot of Chinese products up in smoke. Hope the folks are ok