Why it matters: The Winecoff Hotel fire claimed the lives ... of safety upgrades — as the Ellis Hotel. Get more local stories in your inbox with Axios Atlanta.

the Winecoff Hotel (now the Ellis Hotel) downtown had no sprinklers, fire escapes, or even alarms. In December 1946 an enormous fire engulfed the hotel, and 119 people died, including the elderly ...

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