A SUMMARY OF FIRES IN DOLLAR STORES for the two-week period ending June 19:
* June 5 – A Dollar General store in Memphis, Tennessee, was damaged by fire when a garbage truck backed into a gas meter outside and sparked a fire that burned several stores in a stip shopping center.
* June 8 – A Dollar General store in Laurel, Mississippi, was forced to close due to smoke damage related to a fire in the Piggly Wiggly grocery store that adjoins is. (Piggly Wiggly is undergoing a severe financial situation currently.)
* June 9 – A major fire started in a Broadview, Illinois, Dollar Store that burned down an entire shopping center.
* June 11 – A Cleveland Heights (Ohio) girl, 13, was arrested June 11 for arson at Dollar General, 1955 Lee. Video surveillance showed her using a lighter to set a washcloth on fire inside the store. There were about 10 people inside the store, and the manager put the fire out in a restroom.
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