At 7:18 AM, firefighters were dispatched to The Metropolitan at Buckhead
Apartment Complex on Lenox Road. Noral News arrived on the scene at around 8:30
AM to learn that 35 units of a full story apartment was burned. One person was
transported to Grady Memorial Hospital with unknown injuries. Kelvin Cochran,
Fire Cheif of the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, said that nearly 120
firefighters were on the scene to help extinguish the fire. The Sandy Springs
Fire Department was also contacted for assistance.

Residents can be thankful that they are requied to have renter's insurance
because firefighters say that building is a total loss. The cause of the fire is
unknown and 2 potential witnesses are being interviewed to help with their
investigation.




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