Shoppers were being told to stay away from the Wal-Mart in Lonoke on Tuesday afternoon after a box being unloaded from a truck in the parking lot tipped, spilling chemicals, the county sheriff said.
Sheriff John Staley said there was no immediate danger, but patrons were being shuttled to their cars and not allowed into the store about 2 p.m.
He identified the chemical as chlorine and said the store at 322 Brownsville Loop would be reopened once the spill is cleaned up.
It wasn't known how long the cleanup would take, Staley said.