Former Oakland fireboat Sea Wolf left Fire Station 2 Monday for a new home in Stockton, with boats from several Bay Area fire departments saluting it with water cannons.

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The fire caused significant damage to the building and several pieces of fire apparatus. Firefighters also sustained minor injuries.

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Severe storms in Fox Crossing caused a roof collapse at Fire Station 41, damaged other buildings, and led to a state of emergency.

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Officials released new information about the fire that tore through The Dive, a floating bar and restaurant on Lake Winnipesaukee.

According to the state fire marshal’s office, the fire was reported around 3:40 p.m. Saturday, while the boat was anchored at the Smalls Cove sandbar in Alton and open for business.

Firefighters from Alton, Gilford, Tuftonboro, and Wolfeboro responded to put out the flames. The New Hampshire State Police Marine Patrol also helped with the response.

No civilian injuries were reported, though the Alton Fire Department confirmed one firefighter had a minor injury.

In a statement, Alton Fire Department Chief Reinert said firefighters had limited resources, with a handful of departments able to use boats with firefighting capabilities on the lake.

High boat traffic on the lake Saturday also made the response harder, as crews had to get around other boats.

State Fire Marshal Sean Toomey said investigators think the fire started in the kitchen area. The fire is not considered suspicious, and the vessel owner has been fully cooperative with the investigation.

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VIDEO: In the Horse Capital of the World, horses once played a role far removed from racing and farming, they were central to public safety.

Sunday marked exactly 100 years since the Lexington Fire Department’s last horse-drawn fire response. The response team was dispatched from the city’s current Station 3.

Mayor Linda Gorton issued a proclamation designating July 26, 2026, as ‘Lexington Fire Horse Heritage Day.’ In 1926, Lexington had four operating fire stations, all located downtown.

Three of them were designed to house horse-drawn response units. A century later, the department now operates 24 stations spread across the city.

Fire Chief Jason Wells said the department’s structure was also different then. “There were paid members back then. They essentially lived at the fire station. There were not a lot of shifts or anything like that, they were pretty much there full time,” Wells said.

Today, Lexington residents will likely hear sirens when the fire department responds to an emergency. In 1926, that sound was different.

“The wagons would have bells on them. There was a rope attached and the members who were riding on that wagon would ring the bell, and that was sort of the notification to, you know, move out of the roadway,” Wells said.

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