VIDEO: The Walmart on Lakeshore Drive in Homewood is temporarily closed following a fire that occurred Tuesday morning, which authorities have confirmed was an act of arson. This marks the second arson incident at this location since August 2025.
Homewood Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Matt Hall stated, “The crews got on scene and as expected the sprinkler systems had activated. Several Walmart employees had done what they could to knock down a lot of the fire with extinguishers as well until our crews could get inside and put out everything.”
The Homewood and Vestavia Hills fire departments responded to the scene around 10 a.m. Tuesday. Hall noted, “This was an intentionally set fire. Still kind of confirming a lot of the details on that. But like I said the police is going to be doing their investigation.”
