Atlanta buildings evacuated after giant crane starts to lean

The Westin hotel at left rises above downtown buildings in Atlanta, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. An exit button inside the Westin hotel where a worker was found dead failed to work during an inspection, trapping multiple people who had to beat on the door to alert someone to let them out, a medical examiner found. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office has amended its autopsy for Carolyn Mangham to include the new details about the freezer exit button at the Westin Peachtree Plaza. (AP Photo/David Goldman) The Westin hotel at left rises above downtown buildings in Atlanta, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. An exit button inside the Westin hotel where a worker was found dead failed to work during an inspection, trapping multiple people who had to beat on the door to alert someone to let them out, a medical examiner found. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office has amended its autopsy for Carolyn Mangham to include the new details about the freezer exit button at the Westin Peachtree Plaza. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

By Associated Press February 19, 2021 1 min read

ATLANTA (AP) – Multiple buildings have been evacuated amid concerns about a large crane at a skyscraper under construction in midtown Atlanta, authorities said Friday.

Fire crews were at the scene Friday morning on West Peachtree Street, Atlanta Fire Rescue said.

The equipment is a tower crane that is leaning and “possibly unstable,” the agency said.

No injuries were reported, though several buildings were evacuated and the street below was closed, Atlanta Fire Rescue Sgt. Cortez Stafford said.

The crane is next to and very close to a 31-story office tower that developers say is the tallest building constructed in Atlanta since the Great Recession, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Technology giant Google will be among its tenants, the newspaper reported.