Three people have been arrested on Saturday in connection with the fire that collapsed part of an elevated interstate in Atlanta, triggering hectic traffic.
As per the Fox News, the Deputy Insurance Commissioner Jay Florence said that one of the accused named Basil Eleby faced a charge of criminal damage to the nation's property, and other two named Sophia Bruner and Barry Thomas- each were charged with criminal trespass.
However Florence, without providing much detail about how the fire started, said that those details would be released, after the investigation progresses.
Earlier on Thursday afternoon, the fire broke out in an area used to store state-owned construction materials and equipment.
Firefighters shut down the roadway before it fell and retreated safely without injury.
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