Disgruntled with the Department of Veterans Affairs, a veteran set himself on fire in protest Tuesday morning outside the state Capitol in downtown Atlanta, according to the Georgia State Patrol. 
 
 The GBI identified the man as 58-year-old John Michael Watts. He has no current address, the agency said. 
 
 The man involved in today’s #GAStateCapitol incident has been identified as John Michael Watts, age 58. He has no current address. pic.twitter.com/gRQU1HQB0u — GA Bureau of Invest (@GBI_GA) June 26, 2018 
 
 About 10:45 a.m., the Air Force veteran parked a Nissan Sentra on Washington Street, stepped out of the car and walked toward the Capitol, GSP Capt. Mark Perry told AJC.com. 
 
 Video: DEVELOPING - Disgruntled veteran sets himself on fire outside Georgia Capitol, GSP says -https://t.co/UmUIZsaQCm #Atlanta pic.twitter.com/FZqAui4Oth — John Spink (@johnjspink) June 26, 2018 
 
 “He was strapped with some homemade incendiary devices (and) firecrackers, and doused himself with some kind of flammable liquid” before lighting the fireworks, he said. 
 
 Several loud explosions were heard, and a trooper quickly put out the fire with an extinguisher, according to authorities. 
 
 Watts was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital with burns over 85 to 90 percent of his body, Perry said. 
 
 No other injuries were reported. 
 
 Commissioner Mark McDonough telling us about what started emergency at the State Capitol. Washington Street closed. @wsbtv #breaking pic.twitter.com/3OJ35t36sz — Linda Stouffer (@LindaWSB) June 26, 2018 
 
 The Capitol and judiciary buildings were evacuated. Workers were forced to move children from a day care associated with Central Presbyterian Church to a neighboring Catholic church as a precaution, according to officials. 
 
 A bomb tech empties a car of all its contents, hours after a disgruntled Air Force veteran set himself on fire Tuesday morning outside the Georgia Capitol. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM 
 
 The area has been secured, Atlanta police said on Twitter. 
 
 UPDATE: The all clear has been given after the APD SWAT Team worked with multiple other agencies to secure the area around the State Capitol. We worked remotely with our robots to check out the scene where a man set himself on fire. pic.twitter.com/Pn4NWbwBTF — Atlanta Police Dept (@Atlanta_Police) June 26, 2018 
 
 All roads in the area were reopened by 6:15 p.m., according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center. 
 
 TRAFFIC UPDATE: Atlanta: GA State Capitol Explosion: Washington St and other roads around the Capitol; are now All Open; no delays; https://t.co/kTgeaYu0Zi; #ATLtraffic — Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic) June 26, 2018 
 
 Multiple agencies were on the scene earlier. The GBI emptied the car and bomb techs examined the contents. 
 
 Bomb tech moving contents out of suspect’s car after veteran sets himself on fire outside Georgia Capitol - https://t.co/UmUIZsaQCm #Atlanta pic.twitter.com/XRn5P379sU — John Spink (@johnjspink) June 26, 2018 
 
 — Staff writer Chris Joyner contributed to this article. ||||| The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the man as John Michael Watts, 58, and said he had no current address. He was taken in critical condition to Grady Memorial Hospital with burns on 85 to 90 percent of his body. 
 
 Captain Perry said he was able to speak after the fire was extinguished. 
 
 “He did indicate that he is disgruntled with the V.A. system and was seeking attention for that,” he said. 
 
 The authorities shut down the area around the Capitol and called the bomb squad to assure the man’s vehicle did not contain explosives. Nearby buildings were evacuated. No other injuries were reported. 
 
 The incident unfolded during a news conference about a new state law on hands-free driving. A series of loud bangs and then sirens could be heard in video of the event. ||||| Officials survey the section of an overpass that collapsed from a large fire on Interstate 85 in Atlanta, Thursday, March 30, 2017. Atlanta officials say a massive fire that burned for more than an hour... (Associated Press) 
 
 ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's notorious traffic is expected to be more tangled than usual after a massive fire caused a bridge on Interstate 85 to collapse, completely shutting down the heavily traveled highway. 
 
 Georgia's top transportation official said there's no way to tell when the highway, which carries 250,000 cars a day, can be safely reopened to traffic in either direction following the collapse, which happened Thursday afternoon during rush hour. 
 
 "We will have to continue to evaluate the situation and adjust as we do," Department of Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry said. "This incident — make no bones about it — will have a tremendous impact on travel." 
 
 The interstate is a major artery for the U.S. South and a thoroughfare for traffic heading north and south through Atlanta. The bridge collapse effectively "puts a cork in the bottle," Georgia State Patrol Commissioner Mark McDonough said. 
 
 Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency, saying the state is mobilizing resource to try to keep traffic disruption to a minimum while emergency work continues. 
 
 The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, or MARTA, planned to increase rail services and have additional staff on hand to help passengers figure out how to get where they're going. 
 
 It began with a fire that The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://on-ajc.com/2nl88ef) burned for more than an hour under I-85 northbound near Piedmont Road, spewing clouds of black smoke skyward. The interstate has been closed indefinitely and the Department of Transportation warned all motorists to stay off I-85. 
 
 Traffic was bumper to bumper on nearby surface streets Thursday night as people scrambled to find alternate routes. 
 
 However, officials said no one was hurt despite dramatic images of towering flames and plumes of smoke. 
 
 "This is about as serious a transportation crisis as we can imagine," Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said. 
 
 Rose Diggs told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that she lives less than a mile from the fire site but couldn't get home because of blocked surface streets. She said she was told to walk despite being disabled, "but it's raining and dark." 
 
 Capt. Mark Perry of the Georgia State Patrol told the newspaper the agency doesn't know what started the fire beneath the bridge but terrorism is not suspected. 
 
 Gov. Deal told reporters that some PVC plastic materials in a vehicle may have caught fire. 
 
 "I do not know why they did or what the source of their transport was," Deal said Thursday. "But those are questions that will hopefully be answered at least by tomorrow morning." 
 
 Atlanta Fire Department spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford said no cars were on the overpass when it fell. 
 
 "Our guys got here quickly and shut down the interstate and said, 'No one else is driving over this bridge,'" he said. 
 
 Firefighters noticed chunks of concrete falling from the bridge and got out of the way just minutes before it collapsed, Stafford said. 
 
 Deal said inspectors were at the scene and they've contacted the original company that built the bridge to come in and assess the extent of the damage. 
 
 "We're trying to determine everything we can about how quickly can we repair it and get it back in service," Deal said. "I can assure you we will do everything to expedite the repair and replacement of that section of the bridge." 
 
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 This story has been corrected to show the name of the person who lives near the fire is Rose Diggs, not All Rose Diggs.
– A man claiming to be an Air Force veteran upset with the Department of Veterans Affairs set himself on fire in front of the Georgia Capitol on Tuesday, suffering burns to at least 85% of his body. Authorities say 58-year-old John Michael Watts parked a vehicle and started walking toward the building around 10:45am. "He was strapped with some homemade incendiary devices, some firecrackers and doused himself with some kind of flammable liquid and attempted to set himself on fire," Capt. Mark Perry of the Georgia State Patrol says, per the New York Times. An off-duty GSP trooper driving by saw flames, jumped out of his car, "and was able to douse him pretty quickly" using a fire extinguisher, Perry adds. The man, of no current address, was then taken to Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital with burns to 85% to 90% of his body. "He did indicate that he is disgruntled with the VA system and was seeking attention for that," says Perry, who initially indicated a phone number seen on a sign in the man's windshield could be connected to another device. A bomb squad later removed the contents of the vehicle without issue, per the Atlanta Journal Constitution. There were no reports of other injuries. Though it cannot "comment on the specifics of this Veteran's case due to patient privacy laws," the Department of Veteran Affairs tells the Washington Post it "is ensuring he receives the VA care that he needs."