A fire truck responding to an accident went out of control heading down an emankment, reports the Indiana Gazette.

Three firefighters had been strapped into their seats and freed themselves from the truck after it crashed through the guardrail.

Cherryhill Township Fire Chief Jody Rainey said the firefighters were sent to Indiana Regional Medical Center for checkups as a precaution. The driver was given a mandated alcohol and drug screening, he said.

Lexington officially opened its first new fire station in more than a decade, reports Lexington Herald Leader.

The 15,338-square foot, two-story station will help the fire department improve response times.

Fire station 24 is the first new station built since 2006 when Fire Station 22 was built in Veterans Park. But it’s been in the works for nearly a decade as the city’s growth demanded an additional fire station on the northwest side of Lexington.

A 71-year-old fire truck has returned to town of Westville, N.S., reports CBC.

The truck is a 1948 GMC American-LaFrance. It carries about 730 metres of hose and 150 gallons of water.

The truck was eventually retired and sold from buyer to buyer, until it ended up in an Ontario barn.

 

Sugar Hill-Montford Cove Fire Department will open a second fire station, reports The McDowell News.

Sugar Hill Fire Chief Joe Washburn said that, in 2018, 65% of the call volume would have come out of Station 2 if it had been built.

Sugar Hill-Montford Cove has 31 volunteers on call and eight part-time paid personnel. One of those eight will split their duties between the two departments from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.

A mechanism on a large tow truck malfunctioned while transporting a Miller Hose Fire Company truck, reports The Buffalo News.

The fire truck veered off the road and went across two lawns. Volunteers from Miller Hose Fire Company in Newfane were on the scene to help assess the damage.

Fire officials said the fire truck had taken part in a field day in Wilson and was having ignition trouble.