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Friday, July 10, 2015
Emily Van Ort, Internet Director WQOW

Fire truck

Altoona (WQOW) - Altoona Fire Department announced the delivery of a new fire engine Thursday. 

The engine was a demo truck and buying it saved the City of Altoona and taxpayers a lot of money, according to the fire department's Facebook page. The post also said it will stay red because painting it white, like all their other engines, would have cost more than $10,000, which they said they'd rather use the money to buy equipment. 

Altoona Fire Department now has four engines in its fleet. 

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