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Traffic alert: Ga. 400 lanes reopened after car fire in North Fulton

A minivan burst into flames on Ga. 400 near Alpharetta, closing southbound lanes for a bit. Public safety personnel are unsure of how the fire started.
A minivan burst into flames on Ga. 400 near Alpharetta, closing southbound lanes for a bit. Public safety personnel are unsure of how the fire started.
By Mitchell Northam
April 17, 2018

Two southbound lanes on Ga. 400 near Alpharetta were closed Tuesday morning after a minivan caught on fire.

Firefighters from the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety arrived on the scene around 9:20 a.m. and needed to block to lanes to put the fire out.

By 10:06 a.m., the fire was out and the roadway was clear.

A spokesperson for the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety said no one was injured in the incident and they aren’t yet sure of how the fire started.

The owner of the car was given a ride home and the burnt vehicle was towed away.

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