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The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department is the fire department of the City of Atlanta and provides fire protection and first responder emergency medical services to the city of Atlanta, Georgia. [3] The department is responsible for an area of 132.6 square miles (343 km 2 ) with over 519,000 residents. [ 3 ]
A massive fire collapsed an Interstate 85 (I-85) bridge in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, on the evening of March 30, 2017.After the 92-foot-long (28 m) section collapsed, I-85 was closed to traffic for 43 days between its split with I-75 and the interchange with State Route 400 (SR 400) — approximately two miles (3 km).
[2] [3] The swift construction of a temporary roadway enabled traffic to resume on June 23, less than two weeks after the fire. [4] The incident recalled the 2007 collapse of a connector in the MacArthur Maze in Oakland, California, [5] and the 2017 collapse of an I-85 overpass in Atlanta, Georgia. [6]
The city of Atlanta has temporarily closed three of its more than 30 fire stations because of truck breakdowns and a shortage of firefighters. Atlanta Fire Rescue Chief Roderick Smith told a City ...
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The Georgia Poison Center has taken nearly 700 calls about the fire since it broke out this weekend. On Wednesday, heavy smoke caused low visibility across Interstate 20 east of Atlanta.
The Atlanta Police Department said in a press release that officers responded to a call of an injured man at around 12 p.m. local time on Thursday, Jan. 16 on the 300 block of Old Wheat St. NE ...
March 11 – Tanzania – Iringa road accident. A bus and two trucks collided, killing 41 and injuring 25. [190] March 15 – Brazil – Joinville bus accident. A tourist bus veered off a road and plunged approximately 100 m (330 ft) into a ravine in Santa Catarina, killing 54 and injuring 10. [191] March 21 – Egypt – Giza bus accident. A ...