A fire caused major damage to a mobile home in Richland Wednesday afternoon. According to the Richland Fire Department, multiple people who were inside when the fire broke out managed to get out safely. Firefighters rushed to the home on Proton Lane near Center Street shortly after 5 p.m. When they arrived, heavy flames were showing out the windows on two sides of the home, and the fire was threatening two other nearby buildings.
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The City of Lenoir has opened a new fire station, which is the city’s third, reports WHKY 14.

About 100 people gathered at the station to dedicate and officially open the new facility.

Station No. 3 will house one fire engine, four Firefighters, and a Battalion Chief. The new firehouse will provide faster response to the eastern part of the city. The new station has five bedrooms, a conference room, a commercial kitchen, and a multi-bay garage to house Engine No. 3 and other equipment. The building also incorporates natural gas heating.

 

After 70 years, Plymouth Twp. Fire Rescue Tilbury Station 169 abruptly ended operations, reports The Citizens' Voice.

A township spokesman said the fire department had more debt than the township could take on.

The trouble appears to have begun a decade ago, when the station took out a roughly half-a-million-dollar U.S. Department of Agriculture loan to upgrade its facility. 

The department relied on fundraisers such as its annual haunted house and a weekly bingo game to make the payments.

 

For nearly two years, the Fairmont fire department has been looking for new headquarters, reports WDTV West Virginia.

The new building is designed to effectively and safely allow to fire fighters to perform their responsibilities.

Construction is set to start up late in October.