MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The city of Mobile has officially broken ground on a new fire station that will replace one of its oldest facilities.

Station 19, also known as the McCosker Station, has served the Azalea Road area for 68 years. City leaders say the aging building is no longer meeting the needs of a modern fire department.

The new facility, expected to cost nearly $4.6 million, will be built just a few hundred yards from the current station on the former site of Greystone School.

“This one will be state of the art,” said Mayor Sandy Stimpson. “It’ll have all the bells and whistles that well, almost all of them that the fire department could come up with.”

The updated station will house Engine 19, Rescue 19, a ladder truck, and hazmat unit for the area. Officials say the expansion

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