Atlanta interstate fire and bridge collapse
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has rolled back a state law that blocked some anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people, but quest…>> view originalI-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...>> view originalGeorgia 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..>> view original'Unreal.' Atlantans react to the fire and bridge collapse on I-85
A massive fire underneath an Atlanta highway Thursday evening caused a bridge on I-85 northbound to collapse at about 7 p.m. (Click here for breaking news updates). While firefighters and rescue crews battled the blaze, Atlantans expressed shock on social media. Holy shot I-85 is on fire #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/usmNBvUGTY— Christine (@twospleen) March 30, 2017 This is like a scene out of a movie. I-85 btw GA-400 and Brookwood. #ATLTraffic pic.twitter.com/F48Jo2cy6s— Floyd Hillman (@..>> view originalFulton County offices delay Friday opening after fiery I-85 bridge ...
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. Fulton County Chairman John H. Eaves announced that county buildings in Midtown and downtown Atlanta, including courts and justice agencies, will have a delayed opening time of 10 a.m. Friday and urged commuters to take MARTA if p..>> view originalDepartment 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 ..>> view originalJUST IN: 2 downtown Atlanta streets closed amid red mercury ...
Officials are investigating in downtown Atlanta after reports that a man claiming to have red mercury from Africa walked into the Region 2 location of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, police said. “We received a call regarding a male coming into the facility carrying red mercury from Africa,” Atlanta police Officer Stephanie Brown said. “We are still gathering details on the call.” These streets downtown are closed to trafficPeachtree St. at John Portman Peachtree Center @ Andrew You..>> view originalReport: Source of sensational allegations in Trump-Russian dossier ...
The source behind the explosive — and unverified — allegation that Russian intelligence officials have compromising evidence of Donald Trump hiring prostitutes at a Moscow hotel in 2013 is a Belarusan American businessman who spent time in Atlanta, The Washington Post has reported. Sergei Millian, according to the newspaper, is identified as “Source D” in the dossier compiled by Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer who was hired by Trump’s political opponents to gather i..>> view originalShowers, storms moving through overnight
Updated: Mar 30, 2017 - 11:18 PM ATLANTA - A line of showers and potential severe weather is starting to make its way toward metro Atlanta. Heavy rainfall has started to come down in the area of the bridge collapse along Interstate 85. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport also saw some heavy rain Thursday evening. That rain was expected to move through the heart of the metro late Thursday night into early Friday morning. All of north Georgia is in the area for a sligh..>> view originalWhat's with the chicken bones all over Atlanta?
What’s with the chicken bones all over Atlanta? Dunno, but a new Instagram account is determined to find out March 30, 2017Julia BainbridgeComments What’s up with all the bones? @randomchickenbonesofatl wants to know.Photographs courtesy of @RandomChickenBonesofATLPerhaps our city’s nickname should be The City That’s Too Busy to Properly Dispose of Chicken Bones. Because they’re all over Atlanta’s streets—and sidewalks and parks. “I stepped on one pumping gas today,” says Atlanta magazine’s o..>> view original
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