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One person is dead after a fire truck and motorcycle collided Monday, wcnc.com reported.

According to a news release, the Charlotte Fire Department was called to a medical incident at the 7700 block of Little Avenue Monday around 5:36 p.m.

As a Charlotte fire truck was en route to the scene, an accident occurred between the fire truck and a motorcycle at the intersection of Pineville-Matthews Road and McMahan Drive, the report said.

According to the report, Charlotte Fire personnel began treating the motorcycle driver after the crash. The person was transported to a local hospital where they were later pronounced dead. The deceased person’s name has not been identified.

This incident is under further investigation by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

At the Brooksville City Council meeting on Jan. 9, fire department officials showed off their new $260,000 fire truck in front of the entrance to city hall, suncoastnews.com reported.

The new mini pumper, designated Attack-61, was built by Rosenbauer on a Ford F-550 chassis with a 6.7 Powerstroke diesel and has seating for three personnel, Brooksville Fire Department said in a Facebook post.

It’s not in service yet, a fire official said, because it needs to have equipment installed, but the combination of a Ford commercial chassis and the rear part made by a company in South Dakota soon will be helping with fires and paramedic calls, the report said.

It’s replacing a 20-year-old brush truck, according to the report.

It has a 300-gallon water tank and can be hooked to a hydrant or another truck for more water, and can go into smaller places than a regular fire truck, the report said.

The Hampden Township Volunteer Fire Company on Jan. 24 formally accepted a grant in the amount of $10,932.99 from Energy Transfer, which aided in the purchase of equipment to enhance the organization’s firefighting capabilities, PennLive.com reported.

Energy Transfer is one of the largest energy logistics companies in the country, with approximately 3,000 miles of pipeline infrastructure and gathering systems located in Pennsylvania, a press release from the township said.