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A crash involving a Windsor Locks Fire Department truck on I-91 South in Windsor Locks partially shut down the highway on Wednesday morning, wtnh.com reported.

State police said that just after 4 a.m., a parked and unoccupied fire truck was struck by another vehicle on the roadway near exit 40. The fire truck was on the scene for an unrelated incident when it was hit, police said.

Injuries were reported at the scene, and one person was transported to a local hospital, the report said.

Due to the collision, the right three lanes of the highway are shut down between exits 40 and 38A. Officials are asking that travelers in the area use extra caution and expect delays.

For the first time in 25 years, the Price City Fire Department has a new fire truck, KUER.org reported.

A fire official stressed the need for a new engine during a special city council meeting November 30. One of the department’s two trucks has been around for three decades and is currently out of commission, the report said.

While still in use, the other engine is 27 years old.

The city council approved the purchase of a $595,000 truck with 5,000 miles on it, the report said. The Rosenbauer model truck was shown to departments around the state and it was available for them to buy. The typical process to obtain a new truck could have taken up to four years and come with a $1 million price tag, according to the report.

The vendor also required the city to make a decision by December 1 or risk another fire department purchasing it, the report said.

Price City Fire is one of five fire departments in Carbon County and serves roughly 9,000 citizens. They also help other departments when needed.

Portland fire and rescue crews are responding to a three-alarm fire in the 900 block of SW Clay Street. Crews were dispatched shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to the fire at the former Portland Korean Church. The building was completed in 1905, initially as the First German Evangelical Church. It remained in use by the same congregation for 73 years.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

PHOTOS: When the Evanston Fire Department goes out on an alarm call, getting to the scene of the emergency quickly can be a matter of life or death – but arriving there safely is just as important. From Jan. 1, 2019, through Nov. 5, 2022, the EFD reported 65 accidents involving a city-owned vehicle, according to data released to the RoundTable though a Freedom of Information Act request.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Evanston Round Table