Less than one year after Aurora’s Fire Station Nine was demolished last year, a new fire station opened this week in its place.
In March, officials demolished the original firehouse, 17200 E. Mexico Ave., which was built in 1979 as a single-company house with one fire engine and a four-person crew, an Aurora Fire Rescue news release said. The station serves Ward III.
While Fire Station Nine was not the oldest fire station in Aurora, a facility assessment from 2016 showed the building lacked adequate space and showed signs of structural distress, officials said. The building also had cracks and gaps between walls and floors due to shifting soil.
Aurora’s oldest fire station is Station Four, which was built in 1966…