With winter months on the way, local fire fighters joined forces alongside neighboring departments for intense propane training, designed to provide instruction on how to extinguish large tanks in the event that a leak turns explosive.
Travelers down Redland Road slowed to a crawl in front of Redland Volunteer Fire Department around 7:30 p.m. last Thursday.
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