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3 Alarm Fire Hits High-Rise For Seniors

Posted: 9:32 am EST November 9, 2009Updated: 10:22 am EST November 9, 2009

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ATLANTA -- A three-alarm fire forced the evacuation of a high-rise for senior citizens in southwest Atlanta Monday morning, according to Atlanta fire department officials.

The fire hit the facility at 1881 Myrtle Drive just after 9 a.m.

Channel 2 Action News reporter Ryan Young was at the scene and saw one firefighter being taken away on a stretcher.

Injured firefigher

Dozens of residents of the high-rise waited in the parking lot of the building. Some of them were in wheelchairs; others sat wrapped in blankets.

The outside of one wing of the building was blackened from smoke from the fire.

Check back on wsbtv.com for more on this developing story.

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