JAMESTOWN A fire broke out Saturday morning at the Jamestown Golf Course that required mutual aid from three neighboring communities Newport, Middletown and North Kingstown before it was put down.
Deputy Fire Chief Howie Tighe told The Newport Daily News a pre-planned training exercise was taking place at the golf course at the time. The fire may have started out as a training exercise for Jamestown firefighters, but it was firefighting mutual aid for his department, a Middletown battalion chief said.
When Tighe was asked if the fire at the golf course got unexpectedly out of hand, he said that was not the case but did not give details before ending the call. He said a press release would be sent out later by Jamestown Police Chief Edward Mello.