The car belonged to one of the Wellington volunteers.
It was a hectic situation for a while, said Desmond Arsenault, president of the Wellington Fire Department.
“So this poor guy was on the scene of the first fire when he was notified that it was actually his vehicle that was on fire,” said Arsenault.
Getting two calls at the same time is rare but not unheard of, he added.
“We’ve had other simultaneous calls before … it happens, and it’s when we rely on our neighbouring districts to help us out, which they did.”
The 911 call about the first fire was placed at 11:54 Wednesday night and involved a camper trailer parked beside a home under construction on the Cannontown Road.
Fortunately for the home the wind was carrying the flames in the opposite direction and it sustained little or no damage. The camper was fully engulfed by the time firefighters arrived and was destroyed.
But just after firefighters arrived on the scene they got a phone call about a car on fire back at their station. A neighbour had noticed the fire and called 911.
The Miscouche Fire Department was already on route to Mount Carmel to assist with the camper fire so they were diverted to Wellington.
Meanwhile, a Wellington firefighter who was just arriving at the empty fire hall jumped into the car adjacent to the burning one, put it in neutral and pushed it out of the way of the flames. Miscouche firefighters arrived a few minutes later.
“If he hadn’t done that we probably would have lost those three extra vehicles (which were parked nearby,)” said Arsenault.
The car itself was a total loss and Arsenault said the department was trying to determine whether the member who owned it might be eligible for some kind government assistance, since he was acting in the line of duty when the fire happened.
There were no injuries in either incident.
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The car belonged to one of the Wellington volunteers.
It was a hectic situation for a while, said Desmond Arsenault, president of the Wellington Fire Department.
“So this poor guy was on the scene of the first fire when he was notified that it was actually his vehicle that was on fire,” said Arsenault.
Getting two calls at the same time is rare but not unheard of, he added.
“We’ve had other simultaneous calls before … it happens, and it’s when we rely on our neighbouring districts to help us out, which they did.”
The 911 call about the first fire was placed at 11:54 Wednesday night and involved a camper trailer parked beside a home under construction on the Cannontown Road.
Fortunately for the home the wind was carrying the flames in the opposite direction and it sustained little or no damage. The camper was fully engulfed by the time firefighters arrived and was destroyed.
But just after firefighters arrived on the scene they got a phone call about a car on fire back at their station. A neighbour had noticed the fire and called 911.
The Miscouche Fire Department was already on route to Mount Carmel to assist with the camper fire so they were diverted to Wellington.
Meanwhile, a Wellington firefighter who was just arriving at the empty fire hall jumped into the car adjacent to the burning one, put it in neutral and pushed it out of the way of the flames. Miscouche firefighters arrived a few minutes later.
“If he hadn’t done that we probably would have lost those three extra vehicles (which were parked nearby,)” said Arsenault.
The car itself was a total loss and Arsenault said the department was trying to determine whether the member who owned it might be eligible for some kind government assistance, since he was acting in the line of duty when the fire happened.
There were no injuries in either incident.
@JournalPMacLean