Fire station fire

4 months ago 30th Aug 13:15

A team of US firefighters were called to an urgent fire - only ot find their own station ablaze.

The De Queen fire station in Arkansas is closed at weekends, but when firefighters got an urgent fire call they went to retrieve their equipment, only to find the station was also on fire.

Fire Marshal Dennis Pruitt said: "One of the firemen called me and said the place was full of smoke. I thought he was joshing me. He said 'We've got a fire at the, er, fire station.' "

The fire was started by lightning, but thankfully most of the station's equipment was saved by surge protectors.

One of the firemen called me and said the place was full of smoke. I thought he was joshing me. He said 'We've got a fire at the, er, fire station.'

Fortunately the original fire turned out to be a limb on top of a power line, rather than a fire.