A lumberyard burns in Georgia. Raw video of fire this evening in Gwinnett County.
Click the image above to see WXIA-TV’s raw video of the lumberyard fire
Our sister station in Atlanta, WXIA-TV, is covering a lumberyard fire tonight in Gwinnett County, GA. See raw video above. A special report is here. The story below was filed shortly after 9:00 p.m.:
Gwinnett Police and Fire crews are working an active lumberyard fire at the Norcross Supply Company, at 500 South Peachtree Street, just off Jimmy Carter Blvd. in Norcross.
An apartment complex and the Norcross Village Shopping Center are nearby — police are advising voluntary evacuations of both at the present time.
Rescue crews are concerned about an elderly woman who lives near the fire itself.
More than 40 Gwinnett Fire units are actively working the scene of the fire. No injuries have been reported.
All roads in the vicinity of the blaze have been shut down. A train line adjacent to the lumberyard carries about 24 Norfolk Southern freight trains per day. Officials from Norfolk Southern said they have curtailed train traffic in both directions on the line while the blaze is being fought.
Amtrak officials said the #20 Crescent train from New Orleans is being held at the Atlanta Amtrak station.
