Ellinger VFD Purchases Life-Saving Equipment

The Ellinger VFD have purchased a “jaws of life,” used to extract occupants of vehicles pinned inside due to crashes. Members will receive training on the equipment in mid-July. The Ellinger Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a grass fire on Sunday, June 21. The location was on State Hwy 71 near Baca Road. The fire started on the west side of the highway and spread into the median. It…