A woman was arrested and accused of setting a fire at a Buckhead MARTA station Tuesday evening, officials said.
Heavy smoke poured out of the building after the woman allegedly set fire to at least one trash can inside the station on Peachtree Road at around 6:35 p.m., MARTA spokeswoman Stephany Fisher said. Atlanta firefighters responded to the scene and quickly extinguished the blaze that was near the entrance gate.
“Firefighters arrived within three minutes to find a small trash fire on the platform inside the MARTA station,” Atlanta fire spokeswoman Alyssa Richardson confirmed.
MARTA police took Marie Agnes Foster into custody around 7:30 p.m. In addition to being permanently banned from the MARTA system, Foster is facing charges of arson and criminal damage to property, Fisher said.
No injuries were reported.
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