After devastating house fire, SGFD promised to build closer station with new tax. That was 10 years ago.
07-05-2025 17:40 via wbrz.com

After devastating house fire, SGFD promised to build closer station with new tax. That was 10 years ago.

ST. GEORGE - Members of the St. George Firefighters union are demanding answers from the chief about a fire station promised more than a decade ago.They calculate $20 million of tax payer money has been collected with no new fire facility to show for it.On Halloween weekend in 2014, a space heater fire destroyed a home in the back of the University Club subdivision off Nicholson Drive."In the back of U Club, we burned a house down. The response time, which hasn't changed, is around 15-20 minute
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