Atlanta Bridge Collapse: Three Arrested in Connection with Blaze

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Play FacebookTwitterEmbed State of Emergency After Atlanta Bridge Collapse 1:57 autoplay autoplay Copy this code to your website or blogBridge inspectors were assessing damage as officials worked to unsnarl traffic.
Three people were arrested Friday in connection with a raging fire that caused part of Interstate 85 in Atlanta to collapse, shutting down one of the busiest stretches of roadway in America, the state fire marshal`s office said.
Allen told NBC station WXIA in Atlanta Eleby is believed to have started the fire.
A firefighter surveys the section of an overpass that collapsed from a large fire on Interstate 85 in Atlanta on March 30, 2017.
At about 7 p.
m.
, the bridge gave way in a flaming heap that spewed thick, black smoke high into the air.