The City of Midway could lose its only firehouse after the interim chief and most of the volunteer firefighting force resigned Monday evening. A Georgia fire compliance officer has sent the city a letter giving it 30 days from that point to get the department back into compliance.

Fire heavily damaged the Kodak building and the former site of the LGBTQ bar Atlanta Eagle on Thursday evening. Atlanta Fire Rescue officials got a call about 8 p.m. of a fire at the two historic buildings at the intersection of Ponce de Leon and Argonne avenues in Midtown.

Repairs to a major water main break in Midtown continued on Tuesday morning as Atlanta’s unprecedented water crisis moved into a fifth day.

On June 1, the American Red Cross honored community partner MIRA USA for installing its 1,000th free smoke alarm in honor of the Red Cross Home Fire Campaign.

Sanders said the fire department gets 50 to 70 calls a year for lift assists, which keep firefighters and vehicles out of service for a half hour or more.

The city of Atlanta has temporarily closed three of its more than 30 fire stations because of truck breakdowns and a shortage of firefighters.

The St. John's United Methodist Church first caught fire in February 2022. It had still been holding services in the parking lot as the sanctuary was being renovated when the second fire broke out.

An historic Krispy Kreme doughnut shop was damaged by fire early Wednesday morning in Atlanta.

Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the FDNY was renaming the medal after Chief of Department Peter J. Ganci Jr., who was the highest-ranking member killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.