FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. — Several pieces of equipment were damaged in an early morning fire at a construction site next to a hospital in Fayette County and police suspect it was the work of arsonists.

Just after 4 a.m. Tuesday, Fayetteville police received calls reporting the fire.

When officers and Fayetteville Fire Department crews arrived at the construction site next to Piedmont Fayette Hospital, they saw several pieces of construction equipment were on fire.

The equipment belongs to Brasfield & Gorrie, one of the lead contractors for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.

They are also a donor to the Atlanta Police Foundation.

Fayetteville police said it is too early in their investigation to know if the fire is related to the protests that destroyed equipment at the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center construction site.

In March, two protesters chained themselves to a Brasfield & Gorrie crane in northwest Atlanta.

A similar situation happened in January in Midtown Atlanta when two protesters chained themselves to another Brasfield & Gorrie crane.

In January, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said there have been more than two dozen attacks in the metro Atlanta area and other states that have targeted companies that have worked on the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.

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