The end of an era. The city of Meriden is shutting the doors on its volunteer fire unit after more than a century of work.
The city’s mayor said the South Meriden Volunteer Fire Department will be deactivated at the end of this year.
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“Those guys have been great. They were always helpful, friendly, kind,” Elisa Massaro, of Meriden, said.
She has nothing but praise for the men and women of the South Meriden Volunteer Fire Department. She said they helped save her home more than a decade ago.
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“They helped put that fire out. They were inside this house while it was burning,” Massaro said.
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