THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT SATURDAY HELD A TRAINING SESSION
ON THE CORNER OF OLIVE AND EAST APPLE STREET. THEY BURNED DOWN AN OLD TWO STORY, TWO APARTMENT HOME, THAT DATED BACK TO AROUND
THE LATE 1880'S. HERE THE FIRE HAD JUST STARTED, SHORTLY BEFORE NOON.
FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE MUCH OF THE MORNING, DOING OTHER TRAINING EXERCISES WITH THE BUILDING. IT HAD TO BE STRIPPED OF SIDING, WHICH
CONTAINED ASBESTOS. AND, BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THE TRAINING SESSION WAS COMPLETED. COOL WEATHER HELPED MAKE IT A GOOD DAY
FOR THE FIREMEN'S PROJECT. LOTS OF PEOPLE HEARD ABOUT THE CONTROLLED BURN ON KMAQ AND OBSERVED THE FIREMEN FROM A DISTANCE. ESPECIALLY ENTERTAINING FOR THE KIDS.
DENNIS VOY
