It wasn’t Christmas but it may have felt like it as the new (actually used) fire truck for the Baysville fire hall made a pit stop in Dwight at the Lake of Bays municipal office on its way back from Alabama, DopperOnline.ca reported.

People gathered outside the municipal office last Thursday, September 1 to welcome the firefighters who flew to Alabama to drive the pumper back to the Huntsville Lake of Bays Fire Department’s Station 4 in Baysville, the report said.

Sirens blaring, the fire truck made a grand entrance. Lake of Bays Mayor Terry Glover welcomed the men home.

The 2011 fire truck replaces one from 1999. Mayor Glover couldn’t wait to blow the “new” fire pumper’s horn.

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🎶Looks like we made it 🎤
Say hello to Huntsville/Lake of Bay Fire Department's new Firetruck for the Baysville Fire Station pic.twitter.com/IHJIiIaRcJ

— Township of Lake of Bays, Muskoka (@LakeofBaysTwp) September 1, 2022

Jeffersontown officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the planned $7.3 million fire station, WDRB.com reported Wednesday.

The new fire station, the fourth for the town, will be located on Taylorsville Road near Interstate 265. It will feature a two-story building with three large arches outside and a large kitchen, recreation center and eight dorms inside, the report said.

The new fire house is expected to open in December 2023.

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