Fire Chief Mike Demers has estimated the cost at $356,000 and has suggested a 10-year lease purchase agreement. Demers, on vacation, was not at the board meeting. Chairman David King Sr. said the financing and wording of the article was still to be determined. "We'd shop around in order to get the best interest rate and financing we could along with the best price for the fire truck," he said.

Now the station at 21-23 W. Franklin St., which has served the company since 1915, is up for sale. The city bought new ladder trucks that are too big for the building. Still, Mayhue hopes whatever happens to it doesn't mean forgetting the years of sacrifice of Pioneer's members.

The fire chief said the strong wind and dry conditions fanned the flames and allowed them to spread through the dry dead grass.

Meanwhile the Truro Fire Department was also called out to a very small grass fire near the train tracks at midnight Monday night.

Linda Sewell, director of community relations for Coca-Cola United, said the parcel at 4112 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. is part of approximately 88 acres the company owns along 10th Avenue North.