The Danville Fire station on Main Street is in need of a new building. The building is 50 years old, and beginning to show signs of several structural and design problems. "It's still I say safe, we've bolstered it up. But in short time- as engineers have proved our thoughts, it needs to be replaced," Chief Ken Pflug said.
Chief Pflug says the fire department started realizing there were some issues with the building when they started to do some kitchen renovations and they pulled the wall off and that’s when they saw there was a separation between the wall and the floor.
“You can see these poles. This is holding up the deteriorated lentil we put the gray metal back up there but that holds that wall in place. Unfortunately it’s not holding it from tilting out,” Chief Pflug said as he described the building issues to WKYT News Reporter Monique Blair.
Inside the garage, a portion of the cement floor shows several signs of cracking. Because of that, Chief Pflug put down yellow tape. He says that portion of the floor has potential to cave into the basement that is below.