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Early morning blaze at Gwinnett Recycling Center in Duluth

By Fran Jeffries
Oct 6, 2011

Firefighters battled a Thursday morning blaze at the Gwinnett Recycling Center, 4300 Satellite Blvd. in Duluth.

Firefighters arrived at the business around 9:30 a.m. to find heavy smoke and flames showing from a building on the property, fire officials said. Crews had the fire extinguished shortly afterward. No injuries were reported. The blaze started near a conveyor belt in a metal building that houses recyclables, such as newspapers and magazines. No word yet on what caused the fire, officials said.

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Fran Jeffries is a Newsletter Producer. She joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2005 as an Education Editor. She worked as a Breaking News Editor and Social Media Producer before joining the Newsletter team.

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