Newly staffed fire station, fireboat battle blaze

  • Putnam County Fire Dept. firefighters watch for flare ups amidst the smoke after putting out the flames of the fire in a log cabin on Rockville Springs Drive Monday. CONTRIBUTED
    Putnam County Fire Dept. firefighters watch for flare ups amidst the smoke after putting out the flames of the fire in a log cabin on Rockville Springs Drive Monday. CONTRIBUTED
  • A hose supplies water from Putnam County’s fireboat in the lake to the ground trucks battling the blaze. This was the first time the fireboat has been used on a Putnam fire, although it has been used to provide mutual aid to Baldwin County Fire Department. CONTRIBUTED
    A hose supplies water from Putnam County’s fireboat in the lake to the ground trucks battling the blaze. This was the first time the fireboat has been used on a Putnam fire, although it has been used to provide mutual aid to Baldwin County Fire Department. CONTRIBUTED
    A fire broke out in a house on the 200 block of Rockville Springs Drive on Monday. There are no fire hydrants in that area, but thankfully, there’s Lake Sinclair, said Putnam County Fire Chief Thomas McClain.“Our fireboat responded and pulled up to the dock and was able to supply the ground-based trucks with lake water, so we had plenty of water,” McClain said.No...

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