Fire district purchases 2 properties in expansion plan

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont fire district has purchased two properties as part of a plan to add more parking and expand in the future.

Citing property transfer records, The Bennington Banner reports the Bennington Rural Fire District purchased a two-story home and a single-wide mobile home steps away from the firehouse.

Both properties had an assessed value of $102,400, and the Fire District paid $70,000.

Fire district Chief Joe Hayes says “everything will be torn down eventually.”

He says the district will start using the lawn where the mobile home is located on an as-needed basis.

He says the sale took about a year.

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Information from: Bennington Banner, http://www.benningtonbanner.com