Unions Allege Bank Fire Coverup
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Two New York City fire unions claim the Fire Department is trying to cover up facts in the investigation into the fire at the former Deutsche Bank building.
The heads of the Uniformed Firefighters and Fire Officers Associations say top brass at the department told fire chiefs at a meeting last month to stop sending any e-mails about the fire at the ground zero skyscraper.
The department said today it was preparing a response.
A deadly blaze on August 18 exposed dangerous fire hazards at the contaminated ground zero skyscraper, which was being dismantled.
The Firefighters union president, Steve Cassidy, says the department doesn’t want the truth about the investigation to come out.
