Watch live: Updates on today's fire at the Walmart distribution center in Plainfield
"Everything was working appropriately, but this has such a heavy fire load that it overtook our crews and our ability to extinguish that fire safely," Anderson said."It sounds like there was lots of clothing in the area where the fire started, wrapped in plastic and such."
"This doesn't happen every day, but we train for it to happen every day," Anderson said. We were well prepared." The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will be the lead agency in investigating the cause of the fire, which could take weeks, Anderson said. It will be quite some time before the scene is released, said Deputy Chief Joe Aldridge of the Plainfield Police Department.Deputy Chief Joe Aldridge of Plainfield PD said a reunification center for Walmart employees has been set up at 1750 Smith Road. It’s a new Amazon facility, he said.a Walmart Distribution CenterCrews battled the blaze as the fire sent large plumes of smoke into the air, visible from miles away.
"If you can think of it, it's probably there," Anderson said, speaking about the contents inside the distribution center."The noises and stuff you hear, yes, they are described as 'explosions' but it's the semi-truck tires and stuff getting overheated then rupturing." "We will have to decrease our operations here soon due to water," Anderson said. 'We are looking at additional options. There is locally a pond we can use some water out of.
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