After Explosion, Memorial Drive Back Open In SE Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA — A busy metro Atlanta road has reopened since a gas main break started a fire Tuesday afternoon in southeast Atlanta, reports WSB-TV. The fire burned for two hours along Memorial Drive near East Lake Golf Club. Yards and one business were impacted.

Memorial Drive between 2nd Street and Club Place were shut off to the public. It reopened just before 6:30 a.m Wednesday.

According to Atlanta Gas Light, the fire started when a third-party contractor was digging and tore into a gas line, said the news station.

Business owner Craig Burns told WSB that no one was inside his building at the time of the explosion, but witnesses described what they experienced.

“They said that literally the ground shook. They turned and they saw guys sprinting down the street and screaming," Burns said.