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Family says goodbye to home as Bear Prairie loses a fire station

Closing of Station 96 ends man’s time as on-call volunteer

By Adam Littman, Columbian Staff Writer
Published: February 17, 2016, 6:05am
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Volunteer firefighter Frank Billington goes through a routine check on the county mini pumper in 2015 at Station 96 in Bear Prairie, where he lived with his family for the last seven years before the district's board voted to sell the property at a meeting in January.
Volunteer firefighter Frank Billington goes through a routine check on the county mini pumper in 2015 at Station 96 in Bear Prairie, where he lived with his family for the last seven years before the district's board voted to sell the property at a meeting in January. (Columbian files) Photo Gallery

Frank Billington and his family will have to be moved out of the home they lived in for the last seven years by Saturday. Once that happens, East County Fire & Rescue will have one less fire station.

Since the Billingtons moved into their home in the Bear Prairie neighborhood of Washougal, the house has also operated as Station 96.

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