Fire in Historic Shop

Date: 4/25/2019

By leenavb

Went to a shopping center (alone?) with a Wal-Mart and other shops, including a Subway up on a sky bridge connecting the left and right sides like a circle. There was a historic shop on the left side owned by an African American woman that had had a Molotov cocktail thrown into it but the store survived and was a preserved historical site despite having the same architectural style. Never went in the shop but thought it was cute. As I was walking away I somehow noticed the shop was on fire as there was a plume of gray smoke coming out of the roof that was apparently nonexistent now. I freaked out and ran to Wal-Mart, straight into the backroom without talking to anyone or being confronted as a non-profit employee. Couldn't find my old co-workers so I ran around the back of the building and nonchalantly told others about the fire. They became very serious and pulled the fire alarm causing an evacuation. Everyone gathered near the opposite end of the shopping center, but a few snuck off up the sky bridge to get Subway. I went with them but had no money. As the last in line I told them about the fire, which didn't concern them at all but they evacuated too.