{"id":121564,"date":"2020-11-27T18:15:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T15:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trailer-explodes-outside-florida-walmart-after-black-friday-opening\/"},"modified":"2020-11-27T18:15:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T15:15:46","slug":"trailer-explodes-outside-florida-walmart-after-black-friday-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trailer-explodes-outside-florida-walmart-after-black-friday-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trailer explodes outside Florida Walmart after Black Friday opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Trailer explodes outside Florida Walmart after Black Friday opening<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Black Friday got off to a real bang in Florida \u2014 with a trailer exploding outside a Walmart just minutes after opening for bargain hunters.<\/p>\n

A sheriff\u2019s deputy was already outside the store in Brooksville to control a possible rush of shoppers when he heard an explosion just after the Walmart opened at 5 a.m., Hernando County Sheriff\u2019s Office said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He found a tractor-trailer on fire, with the flames quickly spreading to two others<\/a> either side, with a driver in one pulled to safety, the force said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs other deputies arrived on scene, they responded to the store to assist with evacuating the store, as the three tractor-trailers were parked very close to the building,\u201d the department said in a Facebook<\/a> post.<\/p>\n

After the fire was extinguished, shoppers were finally allowed in at 8 a.m.<\/a>, three hours after the initial opening time, officials said in later posts.<\/p>\n

It was not clear what caused the explosion, which is still being investigated, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFortunately, there were no injuries as a result of the explosion\/fire,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear how many shoppers had been trying to get into the store at the time \u2014 with many reports noting there was not the usual rush of bargain hunters this year amid the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Black Friday is projected to generate $10 billion in online sales, a 39 percent bump from last year, according to Adobe Analytics, which measures sales at 80 of the top 100 US online retailers.<\/p>\n

And Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, is expected to remain the biggest online shopping day of the year with $12.7 billion in sales, a 35 percent jump.<\/p>\n

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\n An explosion outside a Walmart in Brooksville, Florida forced the store to be evacuated just minutes after it opened for Black Friday shopping. <\/p>\n

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\n An explosion outside a Walmart in Brooksville, Florida forced the store to be evacuated just minutes after it opened for Black Friday shopping. <\/p>\n

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