At 87, retired Lexington Fire Major Orville Cook leafed through a scrapbook of newspaper clippings Sunday, reminiscing about his work on dramatic fires and rescues and when the city's Station 6 "was at the center of everything." The fire station at 501 South Limestone Street had its centennial celebration Sunday.
Lexington’s first motorized fire engine, following the days of the horse drawn wagon, was at one time assigned to Station 6, said Battalion Fire Chief Phil Buettner, who made sure the engine was ready for the event. Station 6 has housed, at some time, almost every type of apparatus the department has used: pumpers, ladder trucks, emergency care units and water towers, a news release said.