Georgia

2 employees hospitalized after fire at Georgia Bitcoin center

Gold Bitcoin Moment FILE - An advertisement for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin is displayed on a building in Hong Kong on Nov. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) (Kin Cheung/AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

TREUTLEN COUNTY, Ga. — Two employees were injured in a fire at a Bitcoin center in east Georgia Thursday morning, officials said.

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According to Treutlen County Emergency Management Agency, the fire happened around 10:45 a.m. at 881 Commerce Drive in Soperton.

Authorities said the building is a Bitcoin mining data center.

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The Soperton-Treutlen Fire Department quickly extinguished the fire.

Both injured employees were airlifted to the Augusta Burn Unit for treatment. Their identities, ages, or extent of their injuries were not released.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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