Miocene Volunteer Fire Department had its primary fuel stolen late last week.
On September 13th, the department had their fuel being kept in their cache lock-up where the chain link fence was cut at the bottom.
Fire Chief Quintin Duhamel says four premium jerry cans of gasoline were taken.
“It’s a significant affect, it’s all of our gas for all of our pumps, our positive air fans for structure fires.” says Duhamel.
“We don’t store any fuel in the trucks or in the hall so, it’s all our primary fuel that’s used for any emergency event.”
Duhamel adds this isn’t the first time has been broken into, as on March 4th, one of their windows were broken at around the same vicinity of the department.
He says the department has an alarm system in place, and have been looking into a camera system, but there are some implications with the Cariboo Regional District with cameras outside the buildings.
The department did hear word that jerry cans were found on Friday evening, but were unable to recover any.
The cans are marked with Miocene Fire, and anyone with information is asked to contact the Cariboo Regional District or RCMP.
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