February 4, 2010

DECATUR, Ga. -- DeKalb County officials have fired another firefighter involved in the response to a Dunwoody blaze that left a 74-year-old woman dead.

DeKalb Public Safety Director William Miller says Captain Sell Caldwell was fired following a brief internal investigation.

Caldwell was among the crew that responded to an early morning call from Ann Bartlett, reporting her house was on fire.

Firefighters responded to a call for help, but officials say they didn't get out of their vehicles at the scene and saw no evidence of a fire.

Five hours later, the house was engulfed in flames and Bartlett had died.

The firing follows the Tuesday resignation of Fire Chief David Foster.

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