LAFD subpoenaed in federal probe over Lachman, Palisades fires

LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has subpoenaed the Los Angeles Fire Department over their handling of the Lachman and Palisades fires .

FOX 11 obtained an internal memo stating that the US Department of Justice is seeking to obtain text messages, records, and other forms of communication related to how the fire department handled the Lachman Fire, which days later ignited and became the Palisades Fire.

This comes just a few weeks after FOX 11's Gina Silva was first to report that firefighters within the department said the Palisades Fire could have been prevented if LAFD leadership had followed protocol.

The memo reads, "The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) received a Federal Grand Jury Subpoena issued by the United States Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for th