Firefighters in Houston County, Tennessee, were called to a fire in one of their own stations late Monday night.
Fire Chief David Hardin told NewsChannel5, “The phone call was rather shocking, to get a call from central communications that one of our fire stations is on fire, and you know you have two pieces of equipment in it.”
The two trucks were destroyed. One was a tanker that holds about 2,000 gallons of water. He said the county bought it just last year. The other truck has been a part of the Houston County Fire Department for almost 40 years.
“So we lost a piece of history here, from 1972,” he said. “It was devastating, but you realize that you’re going to have to continue on.”
Neighbor Brenda Redd told WSMV she heard two loud explosions coming from the station which wasn’t staffed at the time. “To me, someone had to be inside to set it, because it was right in the middle. The flames were growing up through the center.” WSMV’s story is here and NewsChannel5′s story is here.
The Leaf Chronicle reports three state fire marshals were investigating the scene. Since March 21, seven fires in Houston County are considered suspicious, including this one in McKinnon. The Leaf Chronicle has more here on the series of fires and here on the McKinnon fire station.
Click on the picture below to watch WSMV‘s story
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