Atlanta Traffic
Brief brush fire sends smoke over I-85 bridge
A fire outside a Roswell Road Goodwill store sends smoke across I-85.
A brief brush fire Friday afternoon sent smoke over I-85 south of the Ga. 400 ramps.
Crews worked to put out a small fire near a Goodwill store on Piedmont Road, according to Atlanta fire spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford. The fire was caused by “outside burning,” he said.
He said debris from a “homeless encampment” was found in the area where the fire happened.
The fire was extinguished about 1:30 p.m. It did not compromise the I-85 bridge, and no other structures were damaged, according to Stafford.
The view earlier from a Georgia Department of Transportation camera showed white smoke billowing out from beneath the southbound side of the highway.
— Staff reporter David Wickert contributed to this article.
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