Mansfield firefighters overcame an extreme challenge when they put out a destructive fire in their own station early Wednesday morning. Four of them were on duty in the complex on North Main Street when something started burning around 2:30 a.m.
“They were up in the living quarters when the smoke detectors went off and the smoke began to fill the second floor,” Fire Chief Neal Boldrighini told reporters.
They went downstairs and found one of their fire engines burning.
“Most of them were able to get on the gear, but those who were in the engine, who were assigned to the engine, their gear has been completely destroyed. So they were still fighting the fire in spite of the fact they had no gear on,” Boldrighini said.