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Atlanta bridge fire suspect was smoking crack before blaze began
[NYDAILYNEWS] The homeless man accused of starting a fire that caused a section of a major Atlanta interstate to collapse was smoking crack before the blaze erupted, his arrest warrant shows.

Basil Eleby, 39, was charged with first degree arson and criminal damage to property in connection to the fire, and is being held in Fulton County jail on a $200,000 bond.

Eleby has been arrested 20 times since 2000, mostly on drug possession and drug trafficking charges, according to Fulton County jail records.

Thursday’s fire affected a busy stretch of I-85, causing millions of dollars in damage and substantial traffic disruption, possibly for months as the state works to rebuild the heavily-trafficked route.
If he'd only had a crack 'Safe Area' all of this unpleasantness could have been prevented. Perhaps the working privileged will finally come to their senses.
While Basil was an idiot and a crack-head, I have to wonder what on earth the Georgia DOT was doing storing a large quantity of highly flammable material under an expressway bridge...

Posted by: Fred 2017-04-03
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