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UPDATE: Detroit Deputy Fire Commissioner Fred Wheeler gone. Mayor Dave Bing swings axe after confrontation with reporter Charlie LeDuff. Commisioner Austin answers the questions Wheeler wouldn't.
Bing says Wheeler has been "unappointed, effective immediately".
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Detroit reporter Charlie LeDuff at it again. Finds donated tower unused & Highland Park's mayor begging for it.
A department in worse shape than Detroit wants the 29-year-old rig.
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Detroit Fire Commissioner proposes letting vacant buildings 50% involved burn to the ground. Donald Austin asked to make cut in next year's budget.
For the second time in a year the commissioner proposes new ways of dealing with fires in vacant structures.
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Where's the outrage in Detroit? 'Pretty good' is not the right answer. When is someone going to ask the right questions?
Why isn't Charlie LeDuff doing ambush interviews on this story?
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Fireground audio: Detroit firefighters under attack at fatal fire with rescues try to get police to the scene. DPD says 13 minute response time is 'acceptable'.
Chief 5: "Central, one way or another I am going to need police on the scene. We are starting to…
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Videos
Pre-arrival video: Forcible entry citizen style at Detroit house fire.
Civilian takes sledge hammer to door of exposure.
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Video: Steve Redick's Devil's Night in Detroit.
Day time action from a handful of fires.
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