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Looking for major fires in North Carolina fire stations over the years and decades (and centuries).<\/p>\n
2014, June 22 \u2013 North River-Laurel Road FD <\/strong>at 839 Merrimon Road in Carteret County \u2013 Fire started in apparatus bay and destroyed all three trucks and equipment. Believed to have started by 1991 Mack\/Ward LaFrance (correct?) pumper\/tanker. Bay section of building was destroyed and the rest of the building was damaged. Fire station was rebuilt and completed (by not reopened)\u00a0in 2015. The department has not resumed operations, however. They\u2019re in contract negotiations with the county. Read blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2005, May 6 \u2013 Charlotte<\/strong> Station 8 at 1201 The Plaza \u2013 Crews awakened by smoke alarm. Found apparatus bay filled with smoke, started by fire on Engine 8. They contacted dispatch and a structure fire response was dispatched. The station\u2019s personnel assisted arriving firefighters with suppression. Fire contained to apparatus bay. Damages estimated at about $500,00. See narrative and pictures from Mike Porowski<\/a>. Also Firehouse.com story<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1983, September 28 \u2013 Number 3 VFD<\/strong> in Grover \u2013 One volunteer member was on duty when explosion shook station at 8:40 a.m. Fire started in the basement. The firefighter pulled the lone truck out of the building, a 1974 pumper. Caused $400,000 in damages. Read blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1966, August 5 \u2013 Beaufort<\/strong> City Hall and Fire Station at 410 Broad Street \u2013 Starts at 8:30 a.m. when the town\u2019s 1927 American LaFrance pumper explodes. Fire spreads to the 1870 building and is gutted with an estimated $250,000 damage. The other fire trucks are safely removed after the fire started and spread. BFD battled the blaze along with Morehead City, Newport, and Fort Macon Coast Guard fire departments until 11:00 a.m. Read blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1897, April 7 \u2013 Victor Fire Company <\/strong>in Raleigh at corner of Salisbury and Davie streets. Nighttime fire starts when lamp on the horse-drawn hose reel explodes. Apparatus and hose destroyed. Two horses killed. Quickly extinguished by nearby Rescue Company. City was already planning to build replacement quarters, so a new station promptly proceeds. Fire company temporarily relocated to a warehouse until new station built at corner of Blount and Hargett streets. Read original newspaper story on page 17 of this PDF historical document<\/a>.<\/p>\n Others?<\/p>\n The Charlotte story above cites a fire at Station 3 on Monroe Road in the 1980s, or as a reader comment notes, in the mid- or late 1970s. Small or major fire? To be determined.<\/p>\n
![Read blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n1966, August 5 \u2013 Beaufort<\/strong> City Hall and Fire Station at 410 Broad Street \u2013 Starts at 8:30 a.m. when the town\u2019s 1927 American LaFrance pumper explodes. Fire spreads to the 1870 building and is gutted with an estimated $250,000 damage. The other fire trucks are safely removed after the fire started and spread. BFD battled the blaze along with Morehead City, Newport, and Fort Macon Coast Guard fire departments until 11:00 a.m. Read blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n1897, April 7 \u2013 Victor Fire Company <\/strong>in Raleigh at corner of Salisbury and Davie streets. Nighttime fire starts when lamp on the horse-drawn hose reel explodes. Apparatus and hose destroyed. Two horses killed. Quickly extinguished by nearby Rescue Company. City was already planning to build replacement quarters, so a new station promptly proceeds. Fire company temporarily relocated to a warehouse until new station built at corner of Blount and Hargett streets. Read original newspaper story on page 17 of this PDF historical document<\/a>.<\/p>\nOthers?<\/p>\nThe Charlotte story above cites a fire at Station 3 on Monroe Road in the 1980s, or as a reader comment notes, in the mid- or late 1970s. Small or major fire? To be determined.<\/p>\nShare<\/span><\/i>0<\/span><\/div><\/a>Share<\/span><\/i>0<\/span><\/div><\/a>Share<\/span><\/i>0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for major fires in North Carolina fire stations over the years and decades (and centuries). 2014, June 22 \u2013 North River-Laurel Road FD at 839 Merrimon Road in Carteret County \u2013 Fire started in apparatus bay and destroyed all three trucks and equipment. Believed to have started by 1991 Mack\/Ward LaFrance (correct?) pumper\/tanker. Bay …<\/p>\nContinue reading ‘Fires in North Carolina Fire Stations’ »<\/a><\/p>\nShare<\/span><\/i>0<\/span><\/div><\/a>Share<\/span><\/i>0<\/span><\/div><\/a>Share<\/span><\/i>0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3710,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions\/3710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www.legeros.com\/ralwake\/photos\/weblog\/images\/2009-06-26-ebay.JPG\"){kind=link}