Officials with the Stuart Fire Department posted on their social media page over the weekend, that their crews were very busy responding to multiple emergency calls over a 24-hour period. At approximately 6:20-p.m. Friday (December 27), Stuart Fire was was called into service for a baler fire north of Stuart. As that call was wrapping up they were requested at the scene of a diesel spill in front of the Stuart McDonalds restaurant.

Just before 8-a.m. Saturday, December 28th, Stuart Fire was paged out for an attic fire in town. Dexter Fire assisted at the scene.

Picture show Captain Stephen Martinson and firefighter Mike Kalbach
venting the roof to release heat and smoke after water was applied to attic fire. (Stuart FD Facebook page photo)

Stuart FD Facebook page photo

At around 2:30-p.m Saturday, crews were called to a single-vehicle accident involving a Mini Cooper on west bound I-80 at the 92 mile marker. While returning to the station, and about 30-minutes later, there was a secondary accident at the same location. Upon completion of that assignment, crews responded at around 3:40-p.m., to an accident involving two semi’s (as we previously reported), on I-80 at mile marker 93.

Stuart FD Facebook page photo