ATLANTA — Atlanta firefighters are investigating a fire at a nonprofit’s warehouse Wednesday morning.
The Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta distributes donated furniture and household goods to people moving out of homelessness, living with HIV/AIDs, or escaping domestic violence.
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Just before 4 a.m., firefighters responded to reports of a fire at the warehouse at 908 Murphy Ave. SW.
When firefighters first arrived, they had difficulty entering the building, so additional units were called to the scene.
Once inside, crews saw that furniture was stacked up to the ceiling.
Firefighters were able to work their way to the area that was burning and extinguished the flames while removing furniture from the building.
Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.
Channel 2’s Brittany Kleinpeter learned that the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta had just recently received a shipment of hundreds of dressers from the University of Georgia.
The nonprofit also purchased mattresses.
“It’s going to take a while to get back up to where we were, but we’re going to keep doing what we’re doing,” executive director Megan Anderson said.
“We’re going to take care of our building, our neighbors, make sure everyone is safe, everything is OK then find out what’s next,” she said.
Anderson said the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta had been in its current building since 2010.
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