Small Fire Temporarily Closes Chantilly Walmart Wednesday Night

A small fire temporarily closed a Walmart store Wednesday evening in Chantilly, at 4368 Chantilly Shopping Center Dr., the store manager said Wednesday night.

The fire and heavy smoke led store management to evacuate the store at about 6:20 p.m. for about 30 minutes, she said. The store is open 24 hours a day.

A spokesman for the Fairfax County Police told WTOP that it appears the fire was intentionally set but investigators are still looking into it.

Some early reports Wednesday said a small bomb had gone off at the store but police said that wasn’t the case.