ATLANTA — A major fire involving chemicals engulfed a business structure in Cobb County.
The fire happened west of Interstate 285 on Riverview Road at 1st American Resource. Riverview Industrial Road is shut down, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.
Joseph Daniel with Cobb Fire said the initial call came in around 6:00 a.m. Daniel hasn't identified the chemicals involved at this time, but did confirm that hazmat is on the scene.
Aerial footage showed a wide stretch of flames consuming the structure, sending huge plumes of smoke into the air.
11Alive's Neima Abdulahi snapped this picture showing the dark greyish smoke filling the air nearly an hour after the fire began.
Aerial video images also showed a cloud of smoke hanging over the scene.
Cobb County fire
It is the second major structure fire in the Metro on Friday morning after another fire sent flames 100 feet into the air in southeast Atlanta at a wooden pallet business.