An insurance company filed a lawsuit to block their payout for a 2014 fire that gutted a fire station.
The paperwork filed by Arch Insurance Co. claims that Goldens Bridge firefighters were “reckless, negligent and careless manner," according to the New York Post.
Investigators determined that firefighters had been working on a Chevy Suburban before parking it in the fire station.
“Had defendant executed due and proper care in the use, maintenance, operation and control of its vehicles, equipment and the fire station bays, the accident complained of would not have occurred,” the paperwork filed in a Manhattan court alleges.
The suit says that a fire door was propped open, which allowed the fire to spread to the second floor of the station.
The Feb. 24 gutted the two-story fire station and damages were estimated at $9 million.
"My understanding is that they are trying to recover the money they already paid out through a subrogation claim,” Goldens Bridge Fire Chief Ed Brancati told the newspaper.
