The Fulton County Government Center will remain closed on Friday, Oct. 13 as smoke mitigation continues after a fire outside the facility on Thursday resulted in smoke being drawn into the building.
A restoration vendor is working onsite at 141 Pryor St. performing smoke mitigation activities, using air scrubbers, carbon filters, and other equipment, according to a county spokesperson.
Government Center employees will telework or be assigned to different locations on Friday.
The Atlanta Fire Department responded to the call at approximately 10 a.m. and found the fire on the Martin Luther King Jr. side of the facility, near the air intake units, according to a press release. A large quantity of smoke was drawn into the air intake system and distributed throughout the facility.
Employees and visitors were evacuated around mid-morning.
After firefighters extinguished the fire, a large amount of smoke remained inside the building, according to the release.
Employees were dismissed for the day on Thursday, assigned to telework, or sent to other locations.
The Public Safety Building at 130 Peachtree St., SW, and the Fulton County Justice Center Complex were unaffected and remained open, along with other Fulton County service locations.