Attorneys in South Carolina are going to court to argue motions in a lawsuit following the furniture store fire two years ago in which nine firefighters died. Monday’s hearing comes after attorneys for the Sofa Super Store asked that the city of Charleston be made a defendant. The city says it cannot be a defendant now because claims from the firefighters’ families have been settled through workers’ compensation.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Wednesday that the site of the deadly furniture store blaze will be open June 18 for people wanting to pay respects to the fallen firefighters. Fire department spokesman Mark Ruppel says planners decided on a more muted memorial after speaking with firefighters and the families of the victims.

Work on a memorial for nine Charleston firefighters killed in a furniture store blaze could begin by the two-year anniversary of the inferno.

A team of counselors still is working to help Charleston firefighters and their families cope with the 2007 fire that killed nine men and shook the department.

The Charleston Fire Department is getting two of the latest, high-tech pieces of firefighting equipment.