The City and Borough of Wrangell is lending Ketchikan an ambulance after a fire destroyed some of the town’s emergency equipment.
The fire burned early Tuesday morning inside one of the Ketchikan area fire stations – South Tongass Fire Department. It did not injure anyone.
Wrangell’s Borough Manager Mason Villarma said he was notified by the Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department Captain, Jordan Buness, that Ketchikan needed help.
“Jordan Buness came into my office and said, ‘Hey, we need to send our ambulance down,'” Villarma said. “So we got the ambulance on the barge and now they have an ambulance that they can use.”
Wrangell has three ambulances in total. Villarma said that the city does have ample coverage and solutions in case an emergency happens while the ambulance is gone.