by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Staff writer Karla Schuster contributed to this story.
Two New York City fire unions claim the Fire Department is trying to cover up facts in the investigation into the blaze at the former Deutsche Bank building.
The heads of the Uniformed Firefighters and Fire Officers associations say top brass at the department told fire chiefs at a meeting last month to stop sending any e-mails about the fire at the Ground Zero skyscraper.
"There's absolutely no truth to these allegations," department spokesman Frank Gribbon said in a statement.
A deadly blaze on Aug. 18 exposed dangerous fire hazards at the contaminated Ground Zero skyscraper, which is being dismantled.
Firefighters union president Steve Cassidy says the department doesn't want the truth about the investigation to come out.
In response to union officials' renewed calls for the firing of Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that would not happen.
"You can rest assured that Nick Scoppetta will be our fire commissioner from now for the next 812-odd days," Bloomberg said.
Staff writer Karla Schuster contributed to this story.
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