Moore Wal-Mart Evacuated After Three Fires Set Inside Store

News Channel 5 Oklahoma ^ | 18 January 2005 | Associated Press

[YankeeinOkieville]

MOORE, Okla. -- Authorities said Tuesday that the Wal-Mart store in Moore was evacuated Monday after three separate fires were set inside the store.

About 300 customers were forced to leave the store at about 6:30 p.m. Monday, but no injuries are reported.

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[YankeeinOkieville]

At least things are never boring around here. If it ain't a bombing, it's a tornado, if it ain't a twister, it's an arsonist at the local Wally world...

[VRWCisme]

For some reason, my computer system would not let me link out to the articles about the fires. Do they know why the fires were set? Dumb kids playing a prank, anti-Wal-mart leftist demonstrators, or what?

[YankeeinOkieville]

No news yet. The last I heard (radio this morning around 8:30AM) the police are reviewing store surveilance tapes trying to get a lead. Store should re-open today though, but I haven't had the need to shop and they only say "some damage" so I don't know the extent yet.

[Tempest]

I guess it was probably set by some idiot that thinks that Walmart is the only retailer in the country that sells stuff made in China....

[YankeeinOkieville]

ping

Maybe just local pranksters or maybe worth an Oklahoma ping. I'll leave it up to you.

[Lazamataz]

THREE fires?

ELF.

[americanMel]

Some idiot from a blue state, "Let's go down to one of those redneck states and burn a Wal Mart. Yeah, kill two birds with one stone...show that evil Wal Mart who's boss and show those ignorant dumb a**es that we know where they are."
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[AppyPappy]

I vote for "disgruntled (ex-)employee"

[funkywbr]

Glad to see Dems wanting to put AMericans out of work.

[cmsgop]

[F.J. Mitchell]

ELF with clevage.

[kinsman redeemer]

I thought it said that Michael Moore had evacuated himself in a Wal.Mart.

Wow. That was close.

[cksharks]

Union thugs.

[RFH]

Arsonists did the same thing in Brea, CA on December 22, 2004. Gee - do you think Wal-Mart is being targeted???

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/122304_nw_store_fire.html

[OKSooner]

In Moore, Oklahoma?

They're crazier than they look trying something like that in the absolute mecca for redneck okies. (It's okay for me to say that, BTW.)