The fire was put out using a second truck. The burned truck will be towed away for the damage to be assessed. 

No injuries were reported. 

Acquiring the 2007 truck has allowed St. Henry’s department to sell its 1997 E-1 pumper — that machine was party to a similar title transfer 10 years ago — to a fire department in Texas. Those proceeds are now being used to upgrade the St. Henry department’s pumper/tanker truck.

The new system will help make the process of fighting a fire not only safer, but more efficient. Right now under the current 20-year-old system, it takes crews about fifteen minutes to fill one bottle with air. However, that will soon change with the new Cascade System and firefighters will be able to fill three bottles in the time it took them to fill one beforehand.

According to witnesses, the engine appeared to have been traveling southbound when it crossed the opposing lanes of traffic and left the roadway before ending up about 30 to 40 feet off the roadway in a residential front yard.