There have been some big fires that the Westbrook department has battled during its 125 years.

Knowlton Machine Co. on Dana Street, destroyed on New Year’s Eve 1981The Vallee Block fire on Feb. 13, 1942Fruitland, 1 Cumberland St., in January 1983Vacant C.E. Noyes Tire Co. on Dana Court, one of the city’s largest fires, Oct. 18,1992.

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