A fire department that lost 9 of its members in a furniture store blaze in June is facing thousands of dollars in fines for allegedly violating safety standards.

State regulators in South Carolina fined the Charleston Fire Department, as well as the furniture store where the blaze broke out.


The state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration isn’t saying that the four violations cited directly led to the nine firefighters’ deaths.

The report includes a “willful” violation for having an inadequate command structure that could affect firefighter safety during an emergency. In all, the fines against the fire department were over $9,000.

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