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Crews battling 2-alarm fire at SW Atlanta apartment building

By and FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Published  January 9, 2023 12:56pm EST
SW Atlanta
FOX 5 Atlanta

Fire destroys apartments in southwest Atlanta

Residents at these apartment units on Mount Zion Road in southwest Atlanta have no choice but to start over. Authorities say the fire disintegrated the top floor units, and water used to douse the flames ruined the ones on the bottom.

ATLANTA - Firefighters with the Atlanta Fire Department were working to control a 2-alarm blaze that consumed an apartment building.

The fire was reported at The Terraces at Highbury Court, located off Mount Zion Road SW.

SKYFOX flew overhead where heavy smoke and large flames could be seen coming from the roof of the structure.

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That fire disintegrated the top floor units. The bottom ones were ruined from water used to douse the flames.

The fire and rescue team believe everyone made it out alive. They are still working to determine if the fire started from a dryer.

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