This S-180 pumper is built on Metro Star cab and chassis and has a Cummins X12 500-hp engine.

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The fire company originally took delivery of the rig in 1933.

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Firefighters battled a massive fire that erupted at an apartment building in Manhattan on Sunday morning. The fire broke out around 6 a.m. at a six-story building on 7th Avenue between West 22nd and 23rd streets in Chelsea.

According to the FDNY, the building where the fire started is vacant. Heavy fire was reported on the first, fifth and sixth floors of the building.

Video captures heavy flames engulfing and thick, black smoke billowing from the structure. Eyewitness News was on scene as firefighters tried to get the fire under control and extinguish hotspots.

Officials say the building was unsafe for firefighters to walk in to, so the FDNY conducted searches from the tower ladders looking into the building.

“They were able to do a search from the ladders. Right now, the way that the construction is after the fire, it’s unsafe for us to do a full search,” said an FDNY Deputy Chief during a Sunday morning press conference.

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VIDEO: Wooden ladders and a three-person bench seat wouldn’t cut it for a fire engine in modern-day departments. “It was our first fire truck that we purchased as a department.”

But for members of Factoryville Fire Company back in the 1930’s, this Ward La France pumper, bought for $750 dollars at the time, was the top of the line. “After reorganizing in 1930 and we chartered, uh, we bought this new, we ordered in 1932, it was delivered in 1933,” said Chief Brian Gow.

Fire Chief Brian Gow says the piece of firefighting history was taken out of service in 1971 and bought back by Ward Le France. “They used it as a promotional piece, a safety color that was being introduced for visibility purposes…they outfitted it with beer taps and an 8-track player, and it toured around the East Coast,” said Gow.

It did make the occasional trip back, seen in Factoryville’s centennial parade in 1983. But as it passed from one owner to another, it became lost.

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