Winecoff Hotel Fire

December 7, 2026 will be the 80th anniversary of the Winecoff Hotel fire. If you're interested in knowing more about the Winecoff fire i...

FireRescue1, a website devoted to promoting fire safety, has written an article about Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel fire. The 1946 tragedy cl...

Winecoff Fire co-author, Sam Heys, again finds himself on the campus of Auburn University to explore the pivotal role sports played in easin...

Thomas Wheatley has written a piece on Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel fire and its vital role in advancing fire safety standards around the wo...

Janet Cox, the daughter of Winecoff fire survivor Dorothy Moen Cox will speak to the Dekalb County Historical Society Tuesday October 8th at...

Rev. Dr. J. Truett Gannon, a beloved Georgia Baptist minister and eyewitness to the 1946 Winecoff Hotel fire died July 18, 2024. Services we...

  Atlanta, Georgia: In the early morning hours of December 7, 1946 a suspicious fire tore through the Winecoff Hotel claiming the lives of 1...

See today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, page A15, for a moving personal tribute to Rosalynn Carter written by Winecoff Fire co-author,...

The Winecoff Fire: The Untold Story of America's Deadliest Hotel Fire is also available in e-book and audio-book editions.  The e-book ...

Winecoff Fire co-authors Allen B. Goodwin (L) and Sam Heys (R) Sam Heys points to firefighter Richard Ellington using his ladder to cross ...