Officials with the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) are investigating allegations of funds missing from the Howe Springs Fire District in Florence County.
SLED officials say they got a request to investigate the allegations on April 13th.
Officials can't say how much money is thought to be missing, but we're told it is thousands of dollars.
According to the Howe Springs Fire District website, it covers approximately 175 square miles of urban/rural area, houses 20 pieces of apparatus, responding out of 6 stations.
The district currently employs a full time fire chief, part time fire marshal, part time mechanic/engineer, three part time firefighters, and 50 volunteers. Howe Springs is dispatched to just fewer than 1,000 calls a year with more than half being medical related.
We will let you know the outcome of the investigation when the information is released.
