Fire Chief Roderick Smith said Hamer’s work earned Atlanta Fire Rescue national respect. He was one of the original 16 Black firefighters to integrate the department in 1963.

A large fire broke out in Southeast Atlanta near recycling companies. Officials say it’s contained and no structures were harmed.

Flames lit up the sky in southeast Atlanta as fire crews battled massive flames that broke out at a pallet manufacturing and recycling business overnight.

Atlanta's first Black fire chief, William H. Hamer, has passed at age 85, leaving a legacy of courage and leadership. Services will be held on July 19.

Fire Chief Roderick Smith said Hamer’s work earned Atlanta Fire Rescue national respect. He was one of the original 16 Black firefighters to integrate the department in 1963.

Atlanta Fire Rescue says there were stacks of wooden pallets in a parking lots just off McDonough Blvd.

Multiple families were forced to evacuate from their homes after a chemical fire broke out in the northwest Atlanta apartment building's basement.

Flames lit up the skies in southeast Atlanta early Thursday as a fire burned hundreds of pallets at two businesses next to each other.

William Hamer, Atlanta’s first Black fire chief and a pioneer in the city’s civil service history, has died at the age of 86.

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