From The Post and Courier: The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division this week released its investigation into the Sofa Super Store fire that killed nine Charleston firefighters on June 18, 2007, and has determined that "this matter does not meet the criteria for a SLED criminal investigation," the agency wrote in a letter to 9th Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson.

In a letter sent to Wilson this week concluding its review, SLED outlined its stance in a six-paragraph note that said arson investigators and other experts met with various sources tied to the fire, and looked at the findings from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other professional groups that conducted independent reviews. Based on "the totality of the information," the note said, the matter does not meet the criteria for a criminal investigation.

Wilson requested a SLED review last year after meeting with relatives of deceased fire department Capts. Louis Mulkey and William Hutchinson who gave her eight binders of materials they say prove Charleston Fire Department commanders exposed fire crews to unnecessary and deadly risks, and with insufficient training and leadership.

With neither SLED nor the Charleston Police Department identifying a criminal aspect to the blaze and obtaining arrest warrants, Wilson said it leaves her office with nothing to pursue. Read the entire article here.