(CNN) - Two massive fires in the Atlanta area sent flames and columns of smoke into the early morning sky Friday and moved firefighters to evacuate a few homes in one neighborhood. In one fire, hundreds of wooden pallets burned early Friday in a business's yard in southeastern Atlanta, sending flames about 75 feet into the air, Atlanta fire spokesman Sgt. Authorities did not immediately release information about the fires' causes. The fires come amid particularly dry conditions in Georgia and other parts of the US Southeast. Atlanta and much of neighboring Cobb County are in a severe drought, and conditions are even worse in areas just to the north and south, the US Drought Monitor says.

SARIDS, Georgi (WGCL ) - A 19-year-old is wanted for allegedly shooting his stepfather at a residence near the intersection of Girard Avenue and Sapp Street in Burke County. Deputies say early Saturday morning the stepfather found an AK-47 that 19-year-old Jeramiah Gardner had hidden in the home. When he returned home from the police station around 9:45 a.m. the teen shot his stepfather in the driveway. The teen was last seen wearing black pants, no shirt, and is armed with a black semi-automatic pistol. Anyone with information of the suspect's whereabouts is asked to contact the Burke County Sheriff's Office at 706-554-2133.

Click here for updates on this storyATLANTA, Ga (WGCL) -- A man who allegedly exposed himself at a hotel fell to his death as he tried to leave the scene. According to Atlanta Police, the man exposed himself to a housekeeper at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. APD said the housekeeper told security who went to confront the man about the incident. Police said the man ran from security and attempted to leap from one balcony to another to escape security. Peter McMahon, General Manager of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta issued the following statement about the incident:"The safety and security of our guests and colleagues is a top priority at Hyatt Regency Atlanta.

ATLANTA - A man who allegedly exposed himself at a hotel fell to his death as he tried to leave the scene, WGCL reported. According to Atlanta Police, the man exposed himself to a housekeeper at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. Police said the housekeeper told security who went to confront the man about the incident. The man ran from security and attempted to leap from one balcony to another to escape security. Peter McMahon, general manager of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta issued the following statement about the incident:The safety and security of our guests and colleagues is a top priority at Hyatt Regency Atlanta.

CNN imageATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) - Police were called to a home on Alder Lane in Southwest Atlanta on Saturday afternoon around 3:45 p.m. When officers arrived, they discovered a black male in his 30s who had been shot to death. Investigators say he may have been there for 2-3 days, and he did not live in the house. Shea Miller's husband was the victim's best friend, "I'm just here for the support, I'm trying to find out what happened just like y'all trying to find out what happened." "I'm sorry for their loss though, I'm just gonna have to deal with my son not having a father."