According to a post from the Village of Maine Fire Department Facebook page, local firefighters were notified at 4:45 p.m. of reports that black smoke was coming from the station.  

Officials said the fire began at the Department of Public Works building, to which the station is connected. The fire was contained on the DPW side, but the building had extensive damage. The fire station, however, only sustained smoke damage.

“Our 34 volunteer firefighters are on-call 24/7 and they’re ready to perform if needed,” Chris Fletcher, assistant master distiller for Jack Daniel’s, said. “We have employees from bottling to distilling to even IT, and they come in and train every Monday. They’re state certified.”  

The Jack Daniel’s Fire Brigade has been around for decades, prepared to fight any fire that may break out, and they receive special training due to how different alcohol fires can be to other fires, and they have a special training area to practice fighting those fires.

Three of the four charges against John Moats were dismissed, but he'll serve a ten-year suspended sentence for knowingly concealing stolen property only if he completes a one-year in-patient drug rehab program.  

Meanwhile, the Red Bird Fire Department is still working to replace the equipment destroyed by thieves. The have spent months replacing equipment and fixing two fire trucks that were stolen.  

"We've had a lot of donations that were given to us through this. And through that were able to get the trucks replaced equipment wise," said Brody Morris, Red Bird Fire Chief.

Morris said they received nearly ten thousand dollars in donations from all over the state.

Virginia State Police say the fire truck was blocking the right lane. Troopers say a smart car convertible was in the right lane but when it tried to change lanes, it hit another vehicle and was pushed into the stationary fire truck. Both occupants were ejected and one is in critical condition as of Monday evening.

"A day doesn't go by that we don't get an alert through social media networks about firefighters, police officers, paramedics, first responders, highway workers that are involved in some type of an actual incident or a near miss incident," Augusta County Fire and Rescue Chief David Nichols said.

There was no physical damage to the firefighters on the scene on Sunday night and the damage to the truck appears to be just cosmetic. Nichols said his crew is lucky after the recent crash and considers it a reminder of the move over law.