Trash compactor fire prompts evacuation at Walmart warehouse in Hopkinsville

HOPKINSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Employees at a Walmart facility in Hopkinsville were briefly evacuated after a small fire broke out on Sunday night.

The Hopkinsville Fire Department told WKDZ that crews were sent to the Walmart Distribution Center on Crenshaw Blvd. at around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Firefighters located the fire in a trash compactor and were able to quickly put out the flames, according to WKDZ’s report.

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