Police are offering up to $10,000 in the search for two teenagers accused of setting off fireworks inside a Publix grocery store in southwest Atlanta, according to Channel 2 Action News.
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Publix employees worked overnight to get the store on the 3700 block of Carmia Drive reopened Friday, Channel 2 reported.
According to Atlanta fire officials, the fireworks ignited a fire inside the building. The sprinkler system went off and extinguished the blaze.
No one was injured, Atlanta fire spokesman Cortez Stafford said, but some did suffer from smoke inhalation.
Fireworks display set on fire inside local grocery store near Camp Creek Parkway. Store evacuated. 1 person with minor injuries. #AFRD pic.twitter.com/X3nnsPnBp3
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Stafford said the building was evacuated.
The grocery chain does not plan to remove fireworks displays in its stores, the news station reported.
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