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DeKALB – The DeKalb Fire Department responded to an apartment fire around 4:30 p.m. Monday on Fourth Street between Pine and North Fourth Street.
The fire broke out at two apartments on Fourth Street. The porch overhang caught fire outside and firefighters stopped the spread before any interior damage was caused.
There were no injuries and investigators are on the scene to find the cause, DeKalb Fire Chief Jeff McMaster said.
The road on North Fourth Street and Pine Street are open, according to a citywide text. Investigators will be on the scene for several hours and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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DeKALB – The DeKalb Fire Department saw a decrease in the number of calls for emergency services in 2020 due to COVID-19, Fire Chief Jeff McMaster said at Monday’s City Council meeting.
McMaster presented the annual report for 2020 for the DeKalb Fire Department at Monday’s meeting. He said members of the DeKalb Fire Department were fully committed to serving the community in 2020, which was a “mysterious and challenging time.”
“Twenty-twenty was a year that everybody will remember, and at times, want to forget,” McMaster said. “What was remarkable about 2020 was how our community rallied around each other from every angle.”
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