ATLANTA — A man was arrested by federal law enforcement agents Tuesday morning and charged with deliberately setting a fire outside of Atlanta’s Federal Reserve building in Midtown.
A spokesperson for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta confirmed the incident and said no injuries were reported and that the building suffered only minor smoke damage.
The man, who was not identified, was taken into custody by Atlanta police, Channel 2 Action News reported. Investigators from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Atlanta Fire Rescue were on the scene.
