Crime & Safety

Atlanta Target Fire Intentionally Set

Staff members extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived.

ATLANTA, GA — A fire at a Peachtree Road Target was intentionally set around 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department Wednesday.

The cause of the fire is unknown, and it is unknown if there were any injuries.

Staff members extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived, officials said.

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Fire officials said the fire is not seemingly connected to the Piedmont Road Target fire on Jan. 23 or the Walmart fire at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on Dec. 23, 2022.

A $10,000 reward was being offered for information relating to the two fires, fire officials previously said. They are still under investigation, fire officials said Wednesday.

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