CEDAR CREEK BAIT SHOP - LIGHTHOUSE RD.
December 13, 2010
ON 12/13 THE MEMORIAL FIRE DEPT & CARLISLE FIRE DEPT WERE DISPATCHED FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE ON LIGHTHOUSE ROAD AND ELLENDALE FIRE DEPT RESPONDED AS OUR R.I.T. TEAM. UPON ARRIVAL CHIEF JESTER ASSUMED COMMAND REPORTING THE BAIT SHOP ON THE GROUND AND THE MOBILE HOME BEHIND IT HAD FIRE SHOWING THRU THE ROOF. AT THAT TIME THE MILTON FIRE DEPT & THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPT WERE CALLED FOR WITH THEIR TANKERS. THE MAIN CONCERN WAS THE MANY BOATS NEAR AND THE PROPANE TANKS. THE FIRE WAS CALLED IN AT 3:15 AM AND ALL UNITS WERE CLEARED AROUND 5:30 AM, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING THE ALARM WITH FM 11 JOHN GALASKA AS THE FIRST FM ON THE SCENE. IT SEEMS AS IF THE CEDAR CREEK BAIT SHOP HAD BEEN THERE FOREVER AND WILL BE SURELY MISSED.