There won’t be a better tweet than this one commemorating the setting of a fire so hot it managed to disintegrate a concrete and steel overpass in Atlanta this week.
The Atlanta PD have just released a sketch on the suspected #I85 arsonist. pic.twitter.com/M8Nx6zFvtx
— Greg A. Ryan (@TheGoodDocGR) March 31, 2017
On Saturday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that three people had been arrested in connection with the fire that prompted U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to release $10 million for initial repair work alone.
Fire under I-85 overpass started when 3 upstanding citizens met up to smoke crack, had a disagreement and set a chair on fire. #atlantafire
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) April 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/848336496708988929
Why would a burning chair have such an effect on concrete and steel? What am I missing?
— Johnny Dreg (@Patmar317) April 2, 2017
Storage area for fiber optic cabling — for a decade. Not secured. https://t.co/8PHdNQVsVE
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) April 2, 2017
Area of PVC piping & junk was not entirely secured — easy to see well-worn foot path around fence from road underneath I-85 #atlantafire pic.twitter.com/VgducPDKs3
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) March 31, 2017
Stacks of cabling were stored beneath the overpass. Probably the fuel for the fire.
— jamccormac (@jamccormac) April 2, 2017
Geez.
— Johnny Dreg (@Patmar317) April 2, 2017
Basil Eleby told investigators he had discussed smoking crack with two companions, Sophia Brauer and Barry Thomas, under the highway overpass before deciding to do the drug alone. Thomas, however, told investigators he watched Eleby place a chair on top of a shopping cart, reach under the shopping cart and ignite it, according to an affidavit.
Cocaine is a helluva drug
— David Crowley ??? (@kanstin) April 2, 2017
???I was gonna go to work but then I got high! ???
— Snake Plushkitten: Escape from Twytter (@justplncate) April 2, 2017
I think that's how it started on Gone With the Wind too
— Lisa Burke (@burke596) April 2, 2017
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