PHOTOS - The Great Cacapon Volunteer Fire Department is a total loss and at least half of its firefighting equipment has been destroyed after a fire earlier today ripped through the fire hall on Spring Street, authorities said.
Firefighters from four states battled the blaze in Morgan County for several hours.
In one daring move, witnesses said the department's fire chief, Matthew Grimley, drove a fire engine through a closed bay door in order to save it from the burning building. Witnesses said the fire had cut off the power and the doors wouldn't open.Morgan County Sheriff Vince Shambaugh said crews from various states were on the scene of the fire at 179 Spring St. Shambaugh also said a next-door residence needed to be evacuated because of the fire. Great Cacapon is about five miles west of Berkeley Springs just off W.Va. 9.
Dick Myers, director of Morgan County Office of Homeland Security, said in an earlier interview that firefighters were able to get at least one piece of equipment out of the building - its rescue engine which carries its extraction equipment.