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Apartments near Georgia Dome set on fire a 5th time

By Raisa Habersham
July 15, 2016

For the fifth time in a month a set of abandoned apartments caught fire Thursday in what Atlanta officials are calling suspicious.

A woman was found with second degree burns to her legs and arms in the front yard of the The Beckwith Court apartments, Atlanta fire spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford said. He is not yet sure how or why this woman got burned.

The apartments are a few blocks away from the Georgia Dome and the site of the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Stafford said arson investigators are working to find out the cause of the fire.

The woman was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital’s burn unit. No other details were available.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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