Walmart set to reopen 4 months after teen fire inside Peachtree City store

FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. — A Walmart in Fayette County is set to partially reopen next week four months after a fire forced it to close.

The fire broke out at the store off Highway 54 on Aug. 24. Police later charged a 14-year-old girl with arson for setting the fire.

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Walmart announced on Thursday that the store will partially open on Dec. 21. Only certain areas of the store will be open to customers.

Peachtree City and Walmart officials will hold a ceremony to mark the reopening at 8 a.m.

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Channel 2 Action News was live at the scene for WSB Tonight as firefighters worked to put out the flames in August.

Firefighters attacked the fire from inside of the store, but the roof began to collapse and firefighters were forced to battle from outside of the Walmart. Luckily, no firefighters were hurt.

A Walmart employee who did not want to be identified told Channel 2 that when she saw the fire, she started yelling for people to get out of the store.

“Just telling them, ‘Come on! Let’s go, we gotta go!’” she said.

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