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Owensboro Walmart Fire Leads to Arson Charge
Sunday night, July 19th, at 7:40PM, Owensboro police were dispatched to the Walmart located at 5031 Frederica Street.
There was a fire inside the store while it was open and occupied, but no injuries were reported.
Police say there was no damage to the building and that the blaze was contained to just clothing items.
Monday, July 20th, detectives located and charged 34-year-old Heather Brown with first-degree arson for intentionally starting the fire.
No other information is available at this time.
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