GBI assisting local sheriff\u2019s office with \u2018hazardous material\u2019 investigation<\/p>\n
Published 11:54 am Wednesday, January 21, 2026<\/p>\n
UPDATE 01\/21 11:41 a.m. \u2013 The Dalton Daily Citizen has reached out to local law enforcement on scene at the location. No further information was currently available pending the arrival of the GBI. Law enforcement officials reiterated the incident does not pose an \u201cimmediate threat\u201d to the public, but that nearby residents within a 300-yard radius were being evacuated as a precautionary measure. We will continue to provide more information as it becomes available.<\/p>\n
Original news release shared by the Whitfield County Sheriff\u2019s Office just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Whitfield County Sheriff\u2019s Office is on scene on Walt Maddron Road awaiting the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to assist with a hazardous material. There is no immediate threat to the public. The roadway at both intersections of Walt Maddron Road will be closed at this time. Please plan your routes accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GBI assisting local sheriff\u2019s office with \u2018hazardous material\u2019 investigation Published 11:54 am Wednesday, January 21, 2026 UPDATE 01\/21…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-421259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}