Watch Station 2 Get Demolished In Burlington

BURLINGTON, MA -- The Burlington Fire Department shared videos of the demolition of Station 2, which was nearing completion Wednesday morning. Replacing the station has been an issue for several years in Burlington. Two years ago Town Meeting approved the plan to build a new station.

"It is a longtime coming," Selectman Michael Runyan, a Burlington firefighter, said. "It is great to be able to move forward with this project."

Earlier this year local taxpayers got good news when the winning bid to replace it came in $6.86 million, about $1.6 million under budget. The new, 15,000-square-foot fire station will have three bays and be built on the existing on the same site as the existing station. The current station was built in 1971; the contractor that one the bid to demolish it is in the process of applying for a demolition permit.

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Photo and video by Burlington Fire Department.

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