Crane removed after falling onto production studio in SW Atlanta
Fire crews in Atlanta had to remove a mobile crane after it tipped over and fell onto a building Monday evening.
Crews finished moving the crane off the production studio at 311 Whitehall Street in southwest Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon. The 120-ton machine was in the process of removing an HVAC unit off the building’s roof when it fell and toppled onto the business, Atlanta Fire Rescue said.
MVP Studios was unoccupied when the crane came down on top of it. No injuries were reported.
It’s the second major incident involving a crane that Atlanta Fire Rescue has handled in as many months.
In late February, fire crews went door to door clearing residents from their apartments and condominiums in Midtown after a massive crane became unstable outside a high-rise office tower on West Peachtree Street. While construction crews were bringing it down, it suffered a mechanical failure and began to tilt.
Authorities determined there was a high risk of it falling onto buildings below. West Peachtree Street, as well as several apartment buildings and businesses in the area, were closed for nearly two weeks as crews worked to stabilize and dismantle the teetering crane.
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