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Clinton Fire Department Battles Three Fires in Less Than 24 Hours

It was a wild weekend for the Clinton Fire Department those who aided in the chaos.

Things started early Saturday afternoon with a controlled burn east of Clinton. Clinton Fire Chief David Dallas indicates less than 30 minutes into that call, they received the call of an unrelated structure fire a few miles away.

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According to Chief Dallas, the field fire was a controlled burn that had gotten out of hand because of the wind. He says the weather that afternoon made things a little bit of a challenge, on top of having to split their crews to tend to the structure fire.

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Crews contained the field fire within an hour, however, crews would not leave the structure fire until approximately 7 pm. Chief Dallas indicates it was a total loss. He says a cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Mutual aid was called in from Maroa, Wapella, Kenney, Randolph Township, Farmer City, Weldon, Argenta, Oreana, Hickory Point, among others and Waynesville manned the Clinton Fire station while they were out.

Chief Dallas says the day was very busy and thanks the help of the outside departments for their assistance and appreciates the work of his crew for their dedication to community this weekend. He says many guys worked on short rest but says most fire fighters that were called, were able to respond.

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