Masquerade fire extinguished, port-a-potties didn’t survive
Sunday, July 5th, 2009A fire that ignited outside Atlanta’s Masquerade Music Park Saturday night has been extinguished, with no reported injuries. The fire did, however, destroy a storage space separate from the music venue.
Around 10 p.m., three Atlanta Fire Department engines responded to the venue’s open-air music park.
Witnesses said they walked outside to find plumes of smoke billowing from the the rear of the venue. Another witness standing in a nearby parking lot said he saw smoke as well. He said he walked to the rear of the venue and found flames had already engulfed trees and were spreading to nearby booths.
Firefighters managed to contain the blaze to a fenced-in area that stored portable toilets. All of those toilets — an estimated 20 — appeared to be destroyed.
The main venue, which tonight was hosting a punk rock showcase, was not impacted.
Firefighters did not immediately know what caused the fire. Witnesses said the blaze appeared to have started in the portable toilet storage area.
CL attempted to take a photo of the damage but was told by firefighters we were not appropriately dressed to enter the scene. You know, because of the contents of the burnt portable toilets and the fact that we were in sandals. Tessa from Drive a Faster Car has pics from Twitter of the blaze.
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