00:00And good afternoon, I'm Jaden Maloney.
00:02According to the Lake Charles Fire Department, a blaze has shut down the Walmart Supercenter on LA-171.
00:09Lake Charles Firefighters say a small fire at the Walmart near English Bayou started during overnight construction work.
00:16A construction crew was welding when embers fell on a rack of clothes.
00:20Employees put the fire out before firefighters arrived.
00:23But the store remains closed today.
00:26Restoration crews are on site.
00:28The store is undergoing damage assessments and Walmart has not said when the store will reopen.
