The Brief
- Automatic sprinklers doused a small storage closet fire behind two Mall of Georgia stores before crews arrived.
- Firefighters determined a walk-behind floor cleaner accidentally caused the blaze in a janitorial area.
- Mall property management has taken over the scene following the fire’s extinguishment.
BUFORD, Ga. – A floor cleaning machine accidentally triggered a small fire in a storage closet at the Mall of Georgia, but automatic sprinklers extinguished the flames before firefighters arrived.
What we know:
Emergency crews got multiple 911 calls at 11:52 a.m. reporting smoke filling the Victoria’s Secret store on Buford Drive.
Callers told dispatchers that shoppers were already evacuating the business. …