Atlanta city councilors are seeking to spend up to $7 million for five new tractor-drawn tiller aerial trucks after a city fire truck had to be towed from the scene of a house fire earlier this month.

According to television station 11Alive, a total of six trucks broke down over the course of one weekend in mid-June. Most of the apparatus were back in service in a couple of days, however breakdowns have been an issue for months.

The city has gone for two years without buying any new apparatus and most of Atlanta’s 20 aerials are over 20 years old, according to the television station.

It appears that a growing number of city councilors support the purchase of the new apparatus and the objective is to have as many trucks on the road as soon as possible and the older ones repaired so there are spares available when needed, the 11Alive reported.

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