A Lowndes County fire station was destroyed by a tornado Tuesday night.
Firefighters found the destruction as they arrived at the station to staff the engines, WCBI reported.
One of the engines sustained extensive damage, the other, moderate, Lowndes County Fire Coordinator Neil Austin said.
A tornado siren was partially ripped off the back of the station, and some of the building was blown into a nearby field.
Austin said firefighters, all volunteers, will be operating out of other stations for the foreseeable future.
“Of course, we are going through the insurance process but right now. We have the trucks located in another safe location where we can assess them better there. And, we will start to look through the process of rebuilding because of our fire ratings. We have to have a fire station here so that will be our next step is to start looking at the recovery phase of this,” Austin told the reporter.
