HOMER, Okla. (KETN) - The Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office is looking for a fire truck thief.

Deputies say they were responding to a call around 2 a.m. Friday when they saw the truck leaving its bay at the Homer Volunteer Fire Department.

They realized it was stolen after dispatchers said the truck was not answering a call.

Sheriff John Christian said the truck was found later that morning in a barn in the town of Stonewall. MORE

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