There were no injuries from the incident, reported just before 4 p.m., Riverside City Fire Department Battalion Chief Jeff DeLaurie said. All employees and customers had left the store, at 3333 Arlington Ave., before firefighters arrived, he said.
The fire was a small one, confined to the ceiling area above the electronics section of the store, a release from the department said later Sunday evening. Firefighters shut down the sprinklers and helped salvage merchandise and remove water from the store, the release said.
Shortly after 4 p.m. customers and employees were outside the Target, and the only customer cars in the parking lot were occupied by those who had lingered to watch the action, or had just pulled up after the evacuation was ordered.
No smoke was visible from the outside.
Firefighters said they had handed the remainder of the incident over to Target store management. There was no word available Sunday evening when the store might re-open.
