By Christa Desrets
The High Springs Herald
HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. — Concerns over the safety of a recent controlled burn conducted by the High Springs Fire Department has launched a Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office investigation into the matter.
The controlled burn and smoke training, performed in the morning and afternoon of Jan. 21, was meant as a way to train firefighters, both rookies and veterans, in varying aspects of firefighting and fire rescue.
But an article and pictures that explained the exercises in the Jan. 25 edition of The High Springs Herald came under scrutiny by an online message board for firefighters, many of whom said the fire department did not follow safety guidelines.
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