DECATUR, Ga. - Authorities in DeKalb County say the county's fire chief has resigned.
The resignation of Fire Chief David Foster comes about a week after a woman died in a house fire that led to the dismissal of four firefighters.
Firefighters responded to a call for help, but officials say they didn't get out of their vehicles at the scene and saw no evidence of a fire.
Five hours later, the house was engulfed in flames and 74-year-old Ann Bartlett died.
A week before the Dunwoody fire, Foster announced that 64 firefighters would lose their jobs because of a budget shortfall.
County CEO Burrell Ellis said the next day that no fire department jobs would be cut.
Ellis has named Deputy Chief Eddie O'Brien as acting chief.
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