Fire at Women’s Clothing Store Intentionally Set

Alabama Damage Mobile Fire-Rescue is now investigating fire at Cato's Fashions on Moffett Road as arson. The fire caused $250000 in damage.

by Jamie Burch

Published: Wed, June 03, 2009 - 7:21 am CST Last Updated: Wed, June 03, 2009 - 12:35 pm CST

1:35 p.m.
- Investigators with Mobile Fire-Rescue say evidence at the scene indicates the fire at Cato's Fashions was intentionally set.
- Anyone with any information is asked to call the Arson Hotline at 251.208.MFRD.

8:21 a.m.
Mobile Fire-Rescue is investigating the cause of a fire that caused $250,000 in damage to Cato's Fashions on Moffett Road in Semmes and nearby businesses.

A spokesman for Mobile Fire-Rescue says a customer noticed a clothes rack on fire Tuesday night. The customer notified employees who then tried unsuccessfully to put it out before evacuating the store.

Firefighters kept the fire from spreading to adjacent businesses, although there was smoke and water damage in Super Cuts, and slight smoke damage in The Shoe Dept., H & R Block and China City Buffet.

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SoYouWillKnow Says:

Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 3:54 pm

Well Doug, ole boy, “just to let you know” the residents of Semmes DO PAY City taxes to the CITY OF MOBILE for police and fire protection—everyone in the 3-mile jurisdiction of the City HAS TO PAY 1/2 of Mobile’s “city tax” on their purchases.

So the residents of Semmes pay 2 cents on every dollar that they spend at Walmart, CATO, etc to the City of Mobile. For this, the City of Mobile is supposed to provide police and fire protection.

In response to your suggestion that “Mobile Fire-Rescue should let them deal with it. Getting services like this without paying for it” is a crock of bull.

AND, if you look closely, you’ll find that WalMart is IN Semmes, not Mobile. Yes, it is the SEMMES WALMART, with a Semmes address and a Semmes zip code.

cmb1 Says:

Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 3:00 pm

They are in police jurisdicition (Mobile City Limits) Semmes is further down the road. Don’t they have cameras that would show someone setting the fire?