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Cited for deficiencies linked to deaths after scaffolding collapse and massive SouthPark fire, companies challenged some penalties.

A settlement has been reached with two companies that were fined thousands of dollars following a devastating apartment construction site fire that killed two workers in SouthPark last May.

The North Carolina Department of Labor has reached a settlement with two of three companies that were fined for a deadly fire that broke out at a SouthPark construction site.

On Monday, the North Carolina Department of Labor issued fines to contractors after occupational safety and health inspections that began on May 18 and May 19.

The companies building an apartment complex that caught fire over the summer, killing two workers, have been cited for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina.

Two men trapped on the sixth floor of the SouthPark apartment building died in the five-alarm blaze.