Georgia Fire/EMS Department's Records Seized Amid Probe

Agents were probing how the department handles documents, some related to a fire that injured four children, one fatally


TIM CHITWOOD, The Ledger-Enquirer | | Wednesday, February 13, 2013


COLUMBUS, Ga. -- About 10 investigators with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and local district attorney's office descended Tuesday on the Columbus Department of Fire & Emergency Medical Services administrative office, interviewing commanders and collecting boxes of fire department records to pore over.

GBI Special Agent in Charge Wayne Smith said his agents were probing how the department handles documents, some related to a February 2010 home day care fire that injured four children, one fatally. Smith said the GBI investigation was initiated at the request of Julia Slater, district attorney of the six-county Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit that includes Columbus.

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