February 23, 2024
The Target store in Vallejo remains closed as arson investigators work to recover surveillance video and search for a suspect.
It's now set to reopen on Sunday after someone set a fire inside the store over the weekend.
A Vallejo Fire Department Dispatcher radioed "It was paper towels that were lit on fire, and an employee was trying to put it out with a fire extinguisher."
The paper towel aisle at this Target store went up in flames just before 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
A teenager shot video on his cellphone inside the crowded Vallejo Target store.
"I was in the toothpaste aisle, and I saw flames from the paper towel aisle, and a paper flying and I called my mom and we evacuated," said Anthony Alfonso.
Smoke was visible from outside the store on Admiral Callaghan Lane when six fire engines arrived.
Vallejo Fire released a statement saying "A quick and organized response by Target employees can be credited with preventing injuries to store patrons."
They are treating the fire as arson.
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