Atlanta interstate fire and bridge collapse and other top stories.

• Atlanta interstate fire and bridge collapse

  

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs has been selected as a Torchbearer, which is billed as the highest student…

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• Bridge fix not good for economy, except construction jobs

  

  What is the impact of this bridge disaster on Atlanta’s economy? And an impact it will have, like anything that costs money and time and changes the behavior of tens of thousands of working people during working hours.  It seems too early to say just how big a project it will be fix this. It may not require a couple hundred-million-dollar replacement structure, but the first reaction is to see weeks or – let’s be realistic – months of extensive repairs, obstructions, costs and changes to com..

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• 7 things to know about the fiery I-85 bridge collapse

  

  Around 7 p.m. Thursday, crews were battling a massive fire on I-85 northbound just south of Ga. 400 when a section of the highway collapsed, officials said. Fire officials extinguished it Thursday night after it burned for more than an hour. As of 10:25 p.m. Thursday, the cause is unknown. However, Channel 2 Action News reported that because flames appeared to be coming from underneath the interstate, the PVC piping under the interstate may have been on fire. Gov. Nathan Deal reiterated ..

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• I-85 bridge collapse: Some firms let employees telecommute

  

  Some metro Atlanta companies are encouraging employees to telecommute in the wake of the I-85 fire and bridge collapse, or encouraging workers to use MARTA. Georgia Power has sent a company-wide email to employees who work at its headquarters in downtown Atlanta “encouraging them to work remotely” Friday because of the I-85 incident, said spokesman Craig Bell. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola sent an email to its employees in Atlanta that it will have normal operations on Friday, but that those conce..

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• Photos: Atlanta traffic disasters of the past

  

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• Atlanta United: 5 questions with Seattle's beat reporter

  

  Each week, I try to ask five questions of the beat reporter for the team that Atlanta United will play. This week, it’s Geoff Baker with the Seattle Times. Baker began covering the Sounders for the Times this year, in addition to being a sports enterprise and investigative reporter and writing a weekly column on sports business. He covered Major League Baseball for 16 seasons as a beat writer in Toronto and later Seattle from 1998-2013. He is a nine-time finalist for the Associated Press Spo..

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• How the I-85 closure will affect your commute

  

  Tens of thousands of metro Atlanta residents are trying to leave town for spring break. Thousands more want to catch the first Braves exhibition game at SunTrust Park. Hundreds of thousands of others just want to get to work or school. The epic collapse of one of metro Atlanta’s busiest highways has commuters scrambling to figure out how they’ll get where they’re going Friday. Here’s what you need to know about how the I-85 closure will affect your travel. Alternate Routes to Get You Around ..

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• Georgia State Patrol says terrorism not suspected in bridge fire ...

  

  Around 7 p.m. Thursday, crews were battling a massive fire on I-85 northbound just south of Ga. 400 when a section of the highway collapsed, officials said. Fire officials extinguished it on Thursday night after it burned for more than an hour, fire officials said. Capt. Mark Perry of the Georgia State Patrol said terrorism is not suspected, but they don't know what started the fire. At first they thought it was a car burning, but later said it could have been something else, Perry said. T..

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• I-85 bridge driver: 'I felt the fire touching me through my window.'

  

  Carmen Dixon screamed as the heat attacked her car. Flames shot skyward a few feet away as she drove past. She was leaving her North Druid Hills job processing medical records heading toward her Riverdale home along I-85 when she noticed the first sign of trouble about 6:20 p.m. “I saw a black mass of smoke,” said the 21-year-old Georgia State student. Dixon trudged through traffic closer to the source of the smoke – and the flames. “I felt the fire touching me through my window,” she said...

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• Department of Health: No significant toxicity identified in smoke from ...

  

  Around 7 p.m. Thursday, crews were battling a massive fire on I-85 northbound just south of Ga. 400 when a section of the highway collapsed, officials said. The fire caused an enormous black smoke cloud visible from much of metro Atlanta.  The Georgia Department of Public Health said wind is now pushing smoke into other areas, but there has been “no significant toxicity identified in the smoke.” Smoke can cause coughing, headaches, stinging eyes or a runny nose, the public health department ..

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