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Lawrence Fire Department Gets $6.6M Grant

LAWRENCE (CBS) -- The Lawrence Fire Department has received a $6.6 million federal grant that will allow the department to rehire the nearly two dozen firefighters it laid off last year.

The grant from the Department of Homeland Security will allow the city to rehire the 23 laid off firefighters, plus 15 additional firefighters.

WBZ News Radio 1030's Bernice Corpuz reports.

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