ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Petersburg has broken ground on a new $8.5 million fire station to service the northwest side of the city, which will allow firefighters to move out of cramped conditions at a former 1950s house they have been working out of for nearly a decade.
“We are very excited,” said District Chief Michael Lewis, St. Petersburg Fire Rescue. “This is going to be a state-of-the-art facility.”
The new 8,700-square-foot Fire Station No. 2 will have two bays, a decontamination room, fitness room, storage for equipment, individual cubes and restroom showers for firefighters, according to Chief Lewis…