HAMPTON, Va. — A firefighter terminated from his job is now going to court with the City of Hampton.
The News 3 Investigative Team is following through on this case after a massive fire at a Hampton apartment complex sent eight firefighters to the hospital back in 2022.
Former Lt. Eric Knick was let go in March of 2023 and cited for breaking protocol — accusations he firmly denies.
Now, his lawyer Art Traynor says the city is withholding information important from records about what happened that day.
There were 50 people displaced and 12 injured in total, including eight Hampton firefighters, back on Oct. 21, 2022.
Lt. Eric Knick was in charge for the first few minutes of the fire, he and others got injured in a flashover. A few months later, he was fired from the department.
Traynor provided News 3 with the body camera video from the day of the fire that they obtained through a Freedom of Information Act.
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