Do Fire Stations Catch on Fire?

Posted by Alex in Everything Else on September 9, 2009 at 10:34 am


David Israel of mental_floss blog likes to ponder some of life’s, shall we say weightier questions. Like, do fire stations ever catch on fire?

Apparently so:

More recently, Pennsylvania had a lulu of its own. On July 7th, the Strattanville Volunteer Fire Department was alerted to a roof fire at its own station. The cause? Arson! When the two guys who started the fire were caught and brought into the police station, one of them said he lit his boxer shorts on fire and then threw them onto the roof of the fire station, adding that he “thought it would be funny” if the fire station caught fire.

Of course, there’s nothing funny about any of these fires, but it does make you think.

A fire station catching on fire? What could be more ironic than that? Perhaps a police station getting robbed … Link


Previous post
this post? Please Email this               
Next post


FUN PRODUCTS FROM THE NEATORAMA SHOP:


COMMENT

7 comments to "Do Fire Stations Catch on Fire?"

  1. FishBottleT
    September 9th, 2009 at 10:40 am

    I wonder how prepared a fire station is for a fire inside!?

  2. Scotchdrnkr
    September 9th, 2009 at 10:43 am

    Fires at Fire Stations happen more than you would think.
    Usually its because they were Cooking a meal when they get a call and they don't turn off the burners in their hurry to get going. The newer stations have a kill switch near the main door that they hit on the way out. It shuts down the stove/oven until someone resets it.

  3. Scotchdrnkr
    September 9th, 2009 at 10:49 am

    Modern Fire stations are equipped with sprinklers. But Most older ones have never been updated.

  4. Christophe
    September 9th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    Isn't there a Mickey Mouse cartoon of such a story?

  5. Dru
    September 9th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    In Arizona, a few years back, a guy broke into the DEA compound and stole back a ford bronco that was seized when it was busted transporting drugs. They thought that they had found everything in the car as it was thoroughly searched by humans and dogs but apparently there was something still important in it for someone to steal the car back form them.

  6. misandry
    September 10th, 2009 at 4:33 am

    In Australia there was a case recently where the firestation burned down. It turned out that there was no fire alarm fitted. Only in Australia....

  7. svfd660
    October 8th, 2009 at 11:38 am

    I think it's really funny that this story is out here on the web. Strattanville is such a tiny place for someone to hear about us. I'm a firefighter with said department and find it ironic that you would use us as an example, because a few years ago (like 20 or so) our fire hall actually did catch on fire and burn down.


PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT

Neatorama Comment Policy
You don't have to register or login to comment, but it's easier if you do so. Comments aren't censored, but those that are abusive or off-topic may be edited or deleted.


Stay updated on the comments with Comment RSS