Apparatus Destroyed in W. Concord, Mass.
Concord officials today are making plans for guarding the West Concord section of the town against fire, as a result of a disastrous blaze that destroyed a fire station with its equipment, burned five other buildings, damaged others, and for a time threatened the business center of West Concord.
Fire started in the fire station and spread so suddenly that two members of the department who were in a second-floor room, had difficulty in escaping from the building. Both tried to start the motor apparatus stored on the first floor, but were driven out by flames. A pumping engine, a ladder truck and a special truck used for fighting forest fires were destroyed. The town’s loss is placed at $35,000.
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