One of Bonita Springs’ fire stations is returning more than two months after Hurricane Milton destroyed it, officials say.
Nicole Hornberger, spokesperson for Bonita Springs Fire, announced Thursday afternoon in a news release that just more than two months after Hurricane Milton devastated the area again, including the Bonita Springs Fire Station 27, 26105 Hickory Blvd., firefighters have returned to the hub.
After months of reconstruction, the fire station is now fully operational, and firefighters are ready to serve the community once more, Hornberger wrote.
Hornberger said firefighters have moved back in, bringing along beds, tables, kitchen supplies, and the recliners that make the station feel like home during their 24-hour shifts. For the first time since late September, Bonita Springs firefighters are reporting for duty at Fire Station 27.
On Thursday morning, firefighters parked their fire engine under the shade of the station’s iconic chickee hut; stocked the station and their apparatus with medications and equipment; and parked their Marine Rescue Unit on the boat lift, ready to respond quickly to any local water emergency, Hornberger announced.