The city isn’t providing many details, but officials said Tampa Fire Chief Nick LoCicero is under investigation along with a division chief of training and a training officer.

According to the city, LoCicero and Susan Tamme were placed on paid leave while internal investigators look into “allegations of misconduct and a lack of supervisory oversight”.

Training Officer John Muralt was relieved of duty with pay

Mayor Jane Castor released this statement:

"The City will conduct a fair, thorough and expeditious investigation to determine the facts of what took place. I will take appropriate and swift action to address this issue, while ensuring our community and taxpayers continue to receive the high level of service they expect and deserve," Mayor Jane Castor said in a statement. This by no means is a reflection of the department as a whole. We hold all of our employees to high standards and this should not diminish the hard work and dedication of the men and women of our fire department who serve our community with dignity everyday."

The city says Division Chief Barbara Tripp will serve as interim fire chief for now.