Nearly 2,000 firefighters, along with friends and family, gathered Thursday at Truist Park to honor Master Firefighter Preston Fant, the first DeKalb County firefighter to die in the line of duty.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Master Firefighter Preston Lee Fant, a 21-year veteran of DeKalb County Fire Rescue, was honored at a public funeral service at Truist Park on Thursday. Fant, 53, died in the line ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The DeKalb County Fire Department presented the family of fallen Master Firefighter Preston Fant with honor and recognition for his service. Fant was killed while working to not ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Master Firefighter Preston Lee Fant, a 21-year veteran of DeKalb County Fire Rescue, was honored at a public funeral service at Truist Park on Thursday. Fant, 53, died in the line ...

ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) - Officials say a veteran firefighter from Georgia died in the line of duty after getting trapped in a burning warehouse while trying to rescue a fellow firefighter. DeKalb ...

Many have described Preston Fant’s bravery and heroics as a DeKalb County firefighter — the first to die in the line of duty. Perhaps fewer knew he was also a talented baker. At his Fire Station 24, ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. A DeKalb County firefighter killed in the line of duty last ...