City sacks fire training director

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Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon on Thursday dismissed the Baltimore City Fire Department?s director of training after a fire cadet died when a Feb. 9 “live burn” training session got out of control.

“I cannot express to you how angry and shocked I was after reading the preliminary reports of this investigation,” Dixon said. “Mistakes were made. Unacceptable mistakes. There are no excuses for what happened on that day.”

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