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An organization that has donated several emergency vehicles to the Oaxaca city fire department has rejected an accusation that a state fire official has hidden a fire truck at his vacation home.

Bob Wenzlau of Neighbors Abroad of Palo Alto, California, said a fire truck that appeared in video footage shot by an anti-corruption organization was not one of those donated.

In fact, he said, the 1988 Seagrave pumper pictured had been purchased by state fire chief Manuel Alberto Maza Sánchez from the city of Torrance, California, on behalf of another city in Oaxaca. But that city decided not to buy it after all so Maza was storing the vehicle and trying to sell it, Wenzlau explained.

Dailyfreeman

The city may explore the possibility of constructing a new fire station in Midtown to replace the aging Central Fire Station, Mayor Steve Noble said.

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A deadly crash involving a D.C. fire truck and another vehicle remains under investigation as new questions are being raised about the incident. Officials said last week that the fire truck had the right of way at the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue and 12th Street in Northeast D.C., but an eyewitness claims the fire truck went through a red light as it was responding to a call.