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According to a video clip circulated on social media, a large residential complex was reduced to rubble after an explosion. Police and fire officials responded to the Arrive Permiter’s apartment in Atlanta, Georgia, around 1.30 p.m. local time.
When the police arrived, she was met with heavy gas fumes, according to Channel 2 Action news.
The news station reported that the big explosion destroyed an apartment building and damaged surrounding buildings.
In a tweet, Dunwoody Police said they are working with DeKalb County Fire Rescue and the Sandy Springs Fire Department to determine the cause of the accident.
They wrote on Facebook: “Officers are now with members of DeKalb County and the Sandy Springs Fire Department in an effort to assess the situation and treat the injured. Please avoid this area.”
This is a very active scene and the cause of the explosion is still being investigated.”
They added on Twitter: “At 1:24pm, we received calls regarding an explosion in the access apartments.
“We’re on the scene with Dekalb and Sandy Springs Fire Dept.
This is a very active scene and the cause of the explosion is still being investigated.”
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“If you know anyone who lives in the Arrive Perimeter apartments, check them out,” one person wrote on Twitter.
Another witness who lives in the area wrote: “Do you live in access? I’m next door and this *** shook my whole apartment.”
Police asked residents of the apartment complex who were not affected by the explosion to stay indoors, and said entrances and exits were “closed while the fire department is working.”
“Please be patient and understand that there is a huge spectacle of the facts of what is going on,” the police wrote.
Police said the Red Cross had been notified about the blast.
One witness, Ebony Thornton, told WSB-TV that she heard a loud noise and then saw the collapsed rental desk on the left side.
Mrs. Thornton said she saw wounded people being taken away.
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