Okla. Fire Truck Stolen From Station, Set on Fire

The shell of the Avant brush truck was found in a field and officials say items were stolen from the station.

Source Tulsa World, Okla.

Dec. 5, 2013

Editor's note: In addition to the theft of the apparatus, KRJH-TV reports that the money and medical supplies were stolen from the station and a urine-like substance was left on a desk.

Dec. 05--AVANT -- Authorities are investigating the reported theft and arson of a Avant Fire Department truck, Osage County Undersheriff Lou Ann Brown said.

Valued at $60,000, the 2008 Ford pickup that is used as a grass rig was located Wednesday afternoon on a county road about five miles southwest of Avant, Brown said. The truck was believed to have been stolen late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

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A computer in the ransacked Fire Department office also was destroyed, she said.

No arrests have been made.