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Jonava’s Rescue Test

A ministerial visit in Lithuania has brought a town’s emergency preparations into focus as its replacement fire station approaches a November deadline.

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Firefighters in Jonava, Lithuania, still work from a station built in 1935. Its garages and other rooms have become too cramped for the equipment and demands of a modern rescue service, according to the Interior Ministry.

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