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There’s a possibility that Christiansburg (VA) could get some help with its long-held plan to build a second fire station, Roanoke.com reported.

A Montgomery County official, in a letter to Christiansburg’s mayor, said it would be open to discussing future opportunities with the town for the construction of a jointly-owned fire and emergency medical services facility on Roanoke Street, the report said.

The Montgomery official wrote that the board of supervisors isn’t interested in funding a new facility unless the county is an equal owner of the project, the report said.

The town of Christiansburg bought a two-acre tract for just under $600,000 in early 2016 for the project, the report said. The Christiansburg mayor said he has not sat down with the city council to discuss the joint venture yet, but is very interested in it, according to the report.

The second station would supplement the decades-old facility at 110 Depot Street.

A Shorter (AL) town official is reminding drivers to obey Alabama’s Move Over law, WSFA.com reported.

Interstate 85 in the Shorter area is no stranger to vehicle crashes, the report said. While authorities were on the scene of a crash last week, Shorter Fire Chief Barry Prestage said one of the department’s engines was struck by a tractor-trailer.

Prestage said the fire engine was completely destroyed on Wednesday, November 23 as a result of the commercial vehicle not moving over, according to the report. No one was injured.

Those crashes shut down the southbound lanes of I-85 in that area for several hours, the report said.

Alabama’s Move Over law, which calls for motorists to move over or slow down, is designed with safety in mind for first responders, tow truck drivers and anyone else who is on the side of the road.

Clallam County Fire District 4 firefighters and paramedics had a difficult weekend as they responded to both a barn fire and a drowned surfer. First they were called out at 12:25 p.m. Saturday to the barn fire a little over a mile past the Freshwater Bay road. “It was fully engulfed by the time we rolled on the call,” Fire Chief Greg Waters said on Monday.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2022 1:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News Online

A marina warehouse in Mystic was heavily damaged in a four-alarm fire late Sunday night. Multiple departments responded around 9 p.m. to Washington Street on the Stonington side of Mystic for the massive fire at the Seaport Marine Warehouse. “It’s an older building that’s been around as long as I’ve been here which is 26 years,” said Bruce Flax, president, Mystic Chamber of Commerce.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFSB-TV CBS 3 Hartford