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Three local fire service workers were recipients of the 2021 Governor’s Fire Service Awards, announced Thursday in a news release from the Virginia governor’s office.
Lynchburg firefighters were set to resume working out of Station 3 on Fort Avenue on Friday evening.
Shortly before 6 p.m. on Friday, a fire broke out at 31 Cabell Street, a historic building circa-1878 that houses The Cottage Stillroom and Beeswax Candle Factory.
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Lynchburg is reporting the third-highest daily case count in the Commonwealth, only behind Virginia Beach and Fairfax County, according to Virginia’s Department of Health.
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Lynchburg Fire Department welcomes new fire truck New engine will help firefighters in your time of need Published: Tags: LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Lynchburg fire department has a new truck to help them in your time of need. City leaders hosted a traditional ‘wet down ceremony’ Friday by hosing down the new engine with water from the truck it’s replacing. They then pushed the new vehicle into the station -- commemorating the old horse-drawn system. The 2021 model will serve the Boonsboro area. We’re told it comes with a larger tank and can pull more water out of places like swimming...