Large business fire burning in Clayton County

Clayton County firefighters were working a two-alarm blaze near Southlake Mall on Thursday night.

The large fire was burning in a commercial strip center located at 1291 Mt. Zion Road, a fire department spokesman told Channel 2 Action News. The three businesses on the site include TitleMax, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and a third company whose name was obscured by flames.

As of 10 p.m., no injuries had been reported and about two dozen firefighters were battling the flames.

The blaze was originally deemed a one-alarm fire before being upgraded to a two-alarm fire.

No further information was immediately available.

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