ELYRIA, Ohio — For the first time in nearly two decades, Elyria’s southeast side will have a dedicated fire engine company responding. This week, the fire department reinstated Engine 2 to serve the rapidly growing section of the city.

City leaders say the change is already making a positive difference.

Thursday evening, the new Engine 2 company joined a call for a large house fire on Marseilles Ave., north of Sycamore St.

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“[I saw] nothing but smoke, just full of smoke – white, black, brown – it was awful,” said neighbor Kathy King.

She recalled hearing a series of explosions before she saw the smoke from the home two doors down.

“It did sound like fireworks after that. ‘Pew Pew!’ like the fireworks at the Fourth of July,” she

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