Metro Atlanta
Blast rips Stone Mountain shopping center
A powerful explosion leveled about a half-dozen businesses in Stone Mountain early Monday. Take a look at AJC's photos from the scene.
!["Out of nowhere, [restaurant employees and customers] heard an explosion,"DeKalb fire Capt. Eric Jackson said. "There were some patrons that came out and could see insulation and glass making its way across the parking lot and everyone that was in that establishment did go ahead and self-evacuate."](https://images.ajc.com/resizer/v2/UOR747J7P7BEOP4I3IW6BK6KIU.jpg?auth=035ef91b96b30a10d4ce067fb048e684638860d8b77cb5065ebae793d8174d86&width=3840&height=2058&smart=true)
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A powerful explosion leveled about a half-dozen businesses in Stone Mountain at around 1:30 a.m. Monday morning. No injuries were reported in the blast, which destroyed several businesses in the Stonemont Village shopping center on Memorial Drive at Rays Road.
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