Abandoned Dairy Queen catches fire; squatter may have been living there

An abandoned Dairy Queen restaurant caught on fire in northeast Atlanta. Fire investigators say they found evidence of a squatter living in the building.

Atlanta firefighters put out flames that ripped through the roof of the abandoned Dairy Queen on North Avenue and Parkway Drive.

Battalion Chief Christopher Martin told Channel 2 Action News that crews saw the flames two blocks away while on another call.

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Crews said the flames were so intense that a 3-story apartment building behind the Dairy Queen was in danger of catching on fire too…

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