Atlanta firefighters put out blaze near MARTA station
A fire at a MARTA battery maintenance facility in northeast Atlanta was extinguished, but it prompted a response by the fire department hazmat team, officials said.
MARTA service was not affected, and DeKalb Avenue, which is near the incident, was reopened to traffic after a few hours.
“This room supplies battery power to trains if electrical power goes out,” MARTA spokeswoman Stefany Fisher said.
Potentially hazardous material at the site on DeKalb and Gordon avenues had firefighters in a defensive mode, Atlanta Fire Rescue Department spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford told Channel 2 Action News.
Dekalb Ave @ Gordon Ave NE closed in both directions due to fire in #MARTA battery room. GA Power en route, Marta officials on scene. Two firefighters transported to hospital as a precaution due to chemical inhalation on arrival. #AFRD Hazmat Unit on scene. pic.twitter.com/0ZfWYPukaO
— Atlanta Fire Rescue (@ATLFireRescue) October 26, 2018
The scene was near the Edgewood-Candler Park MARTA station.
Two firefighters were taken to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, Stafford said. No update was given on their conditions.
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