Underground transformer explodes, prompting smoke to billow from the ground downtown

Roughly a half dozen fire trucks and a dozen firefighters responded to the fire, which came in as a grass fire call but was ...
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ACCPD Blotter: Bomb squad clears suspicious container at landfill, transformer explosion mistaken for gunfire and more

An Athens-Clarke County police officer was dispatched to the ACC Landfill after a suspicious container was reported on Sept. 15 at around 9:45 a.m., according to an ACCPD report. ACC Fire Department ...