Excerpts from the intelligencer.com:
Glen Carbon Fire Protection District officials, EMTs and others watched Friday as a backhoe tore into the west side of its former Firehouse No. 1 on Main Street. Eclipsed by its almost-ready replacement that is five times larger, the smaller structure, finished in 1957, came down in chunks that were transferred to waiting dump trucks.
Ground was broken for the new station, 199 N. Main Street in August. Fire Chief Ralph Well has said the building is vital for the ever-growing fire protection district.
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