Rick Roberts speaks to people gathered at The Spotted Dog -- which used to house Fire Station 11 -- during a commemoration to mark the 60th anniversary of the Winecoff Hotel fire in downtown Atlanta.

The disaster, along with hotel blazes that same year in Illinois and Iowa, led to changes to fire codes across the country. Catch up quick: Not long before dawn on Dec. 7, 1946, Atlanta ...

Charles C. "Doc" Styron, Sr., began his career with the City of Atlanta Fire Department on May 1, 1908, with the rank of hoseman at Engine House No. 3 on Marietta Street.

Tuesday marks 75 years since a fire started at Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel, which is still the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. Over 110 people - including 30 children - died in the blaze.

ATLANTA — Thursday marks 77 years since over 100 people lost their lives in what remains the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. On the morning of Dec. 7, 1946, a fire broke out around 3:30 a ...

Explore Inside the Atlanta fire department’s dire equipment shortage. AJC FLASHBACK PHOTOS>> Atlanta fires, fire stations and firefighters. MORE PHOTOS>> The Winecoff Hotel’s new life as The Ellis ...

ATLANTA — Saturday marks 78 years since over 100 people lost their lives in what remains the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. On the morning of Dec. 7, 1946, a fire broke out around 3:30 a ...

ATLANTA — Saturday marks 78 years since over 100 people lost their lives in what remains the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. On the morning of Dec. 7, 1946, a fire broke out around 3:30 a ...