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BREAKING: KRISPY CREAM IS LOOKING A LITTLE CRISPIER THIS MORNING. FIRE ERUPTED JUST BEFORE 1AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORE EMPLOYEES INDICATE THAT NO ONE WAS INSIDE AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. CREWS ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL CAUSES. UPDATES AS THEY COME IN

POLITICS: LARGE GROUPS GATHERED TODAY IN FREEDOM PARK AND MIDTOWN TO CELEBRATE PRESIDENT ELECT BIDEN’S VICTORY. CHEERING AND HORNS HONKING WERE ALL YOU COULD HEAR. SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS BECAME BACKED UP AS VEHICLES STOPPED TO HONK ALONG WITH THE CROWDS CELEBRATIONS.

BREAKING NEWS: BIDEN WINS.

TRAFFIC: PONCE DE LEON IS EXPERIENCING DELAYS EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND DUE TO CARS LAYING DRAG. APD AND GSP ARE HAVING A FIELD DAY. MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED AT THIS TIME

UPDATE: THE DEPARTMENT OF WATERSHED HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY IS STILL IN EFFECT. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEPARTMENT IS STATING,

“SAMPLING OF THE IMPACTED AREAS WAS INITIATED LAST NIGHT AND LAB RESULTS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 7:30 PM TONIGHT. THE GEORGIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION WILL ADVISE THE DEPARTMENT OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WHEN THE ADVISORY CAN BE LIFTED.”

MORE INFORMATION CAM BE FOUND IN TODAYS RELEASE HERE:

Atlantawatershed.org | Boil Water Advisory Still In Effect For Portions of the City of Atlanta and the Cities of South Fulton, Union City, Fairburn, and Chattahoochee Hills BOIL WATER ADVISORY STILL IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA AND THE CITIES OF SOUTH FULTON, UNION CITY, FAIRBURN, AND CHATTAHOOCHEE HILLS

UPDATE: PNN HAS GOTTEN SEVERAL UPDATES FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT WATER IS BACK ON.

PER A NEWS RELEASE FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, A BOIL WATER ADVISORY IS IN PLACE UNTIL SAMPLES FROM THE 36-INCH WATER MAIN BREAKAGE INDICATE THE WATER IS SAFE.

MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE RELEASE HERE:

www.atlantaga.gov

UPDATE: IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN BREAKAGE, THERE IS ALSO A VERY LARGE STORM MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA.

REPAIR CREWS ARE STILL ON SITE, AND PNN WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT PORTABLE TOILETS ARE BEING BROUGHT OUT.

UPDATE: WATERSHED MANAGEMENT MOBILE COMMAND HAS ARRIVED AT THE WATER MAIN BREAKAGE AT THE GEORGIA TECH MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE.

PNN HAS ALSO SEEN SEVERAL TRAILERS UNLOADING EXCAVATING MACHINERY INCLUDING ONE BOBCAT AND ONE EXCAVATOR.

CAMPUS POLICE HAS THE AREA COMPLETELY LOCKED DOWN TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE MEDIA OVER DANGERS SURROUNDING A POSSIBLE GAS LEAK.

PNN WAS ATTEMPTING TO RUN COVERAGE FROM THE GEORGIA TECH LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE COURSE, WHICH DIRECTLY OVERLOOKS THE SCENE OF THE BREAKAGE. A CAMPUS OFFICER ASKED OUR FIELD REPORTER TO MOVE BACK SEVERAL BLOCKS, AS EVEN AT THIS DISTANCE THERE IS A HAZARD DUE TO THE GAS.

UPDATE: PNN HAS GOTTEN WORD FROM CAMPUS POLICE THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL NATURAL GAS LEAK COINCIDING WITH THE CURRENT WATER MAIN BREAKAGE.

BYSTANDERS AND NONESSENTIAL PERSONEL ARE BEING USHERED TO SAFER DISTANCES FROM THE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE DUE TO THIS POSSIBLE NATURAL GAS LEAK.

UPDATE: PNN IS ON LOCATION AT THE GEORGIA TECH MANUFACTURING INSITUTE WHERE WATER APPEARS TO BE WELLING FROM THE GROUND NEAR THE ENTRANCE. DEPARTMENT OF WATERSHED IS ON LOCATION AS WELL ALONG WITH CAMPUS POLICE.

SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED AT THE MOMENT. IT APPEARS THAT AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE HAS ALREADY NEEDED TO BE PULLED OUT OF THE WATERS.

PNN HAS ASKED ON SITE CREWS IF THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTAIN THE BREAKAGE, THOUGH THEY HAVE NOT COMMENTED ABOUT THIS JUST YET, STATING THAT “THERE WAS A MAIN BREAKAGE”.

BREAKING: PNN HAS GOTTEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF WATER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM CAN CONFIRM THIS IN OLD FOURTH WARD.

WE ARE AWAITING CONFIRMATION THAT A WATER MAIN HAS BROKE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF WATERSHED NEAR GEORGIA TECH.

REPORTS ON REDDIT SUGGEST THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE BREAK, AND A PHOTO FROM A FACEBOOK GROUP SHOWS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A TORRENT OF WATER.

WE WILL KEEP THIS STORY UPDATED AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION.