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ATLANTA – A longtime Atlanta Dairy Queen that closed just months ago was heavily damaged by fire early Wednesday in the city’s Old Fourth Ward.<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
The fire broke out at the former restaurant on North Avenue, which had operated for roughly 60 years before closing. By daylight, much of the building was a burned-out shell.<\/p>\n
No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
Firefighters spot flames while on another call <\/p>\n
What they’re saying:<\/p>\n
Atlanta firefighters said they were responding to an unrelated call at the nearby Clermont Hotel around 1:40 a.m. when a crew passing the Dairy Queen noticed flames coming from the building.<\/p>\n
The original call turned out to be unfounded, but firefighters were only about two blocks away when they discovered the fire.<\/p>\n
“We had one unit come by this route, come past and noticed that we had a working fire here at the abandoned Dairy Queen,” a fire official with the Atlanta fire department said. “Luckily, it was two blocks away, so we had a real timely response.”<\/p>\n
Firefighters were already attacking the flames around the time the first 911 call about the fire came in.<\/p>\n
Crews were able to bring the fire under control and keep it from potentially spreading to an apartment building behind the former restaurant.<\/p>\n
Possible squatter investigated <\/p>\n
What we don’t know:<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
Firefighters said the building appeared to be vacant, but investigators found indications that someone may have been staying in an upstairs loft area.<\/p>\n
Crews searched the building but did not find anyone inside. Authorities believe whoever may have been staying there was able to get out before firefighters searched the property.<\/p>\n
Investigators have not said whether that person, if located, could be connected to the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n
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