Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail Morganfield, KY – Sprinkler system helps extinguish overnight fire at Walmart May 25, 2018 viking210 The Walmart in Morganfield will be closed for at least Monday due a overnight fire at the business. At 2:14 a.m., Union County Dispatch sent Morganfield Fire Department, Union County Fire Department, Waverly Fire Department and Sturgis Fire Department to a fire at Walmart in Morganfield. According to the Morganfield Fire Chief, Rick Millikan, upon arrival the store had been evacuated and units encountered heavy smoke in the store. The sprinkler system was activated. Firefighters from MFD located and attacked the fire in the fabric section of the store . Other units arrived on scene, including Union County Fire and Sturgis Fire Department. They entered the loading dock area of the store, and interior crews extinguished the fire. The store did suffer smoke and water damage. Millikan said the cause of the fire is still under investigation at this time. Walmart Morganfield Facebook page states the following: “We apologize to our customers but our Morganfield Walmart location will be unable to open today due to fire damage. We have a team en route to get us cleaned up.”
