Firefighter Can’t Stop Pointing and Yelling “Fire!” says Lewis and Clark County Fire Chief

LINCOLN — Lewis and Clark County Fire Chief said his newest trainee Leo Dutton can’t stop pointing and yelling “fire”.

“My patience is growing thin.” said Chief Bingham. Who later stated “I’ll give Leo another week to get his act together, but maybe he just wasn’t cut out

“My patience is growing thin.” said Chief Bingham. Who later stated “I’ll give Leo another week to get his act together, but maybe he just wasn’t cut out for this kind of work.”

“I just don’t know why anyone would run into a burning building,” Dutton said. “I feel like if they knew there was a fire inside they wouldn’t be so eager to get in.”

The epicenter was six miles south of Lincoln and neighbors reporting hearing trainee Dutton a whole mile away.

There were no reports of major damage or injuries after the strong fire in town sqaure. The epicenter was six miles south of Lincoln and neighbors reporting hearing trainee Dutton a whole mile away. It isn’t easy to speculate how many lives the young Dutton has saved with his enthusiastic yelling but right now the count is 0 and holding strong.

Part of a brick parapet from an apartment building in Butte fell to the ground, breaking a car’s window, but injuring no one.

There was a power outage in Lincoln right after the fire and most people are sure that trainees yelling did nothing to alleviate their loss of power. Yet nonetheless time will only tell if this fire fighter will ever fight a fire.
Part of a brick parapet from an apartment building in Butte fell to the ground, breaking a car’s window, but injuring no one.

NorthWestern did some investigation of their natural gas system in the Helena area and found no damage. A few people called the utility to report the smell of natural gas

The utility, as well as local law enforcement, encouraged people to check their property for damage.

NorthWestern did some investigation of their natural gas system in the Helena area and found no damage. A few people called the utility to report the smell of natural gas, but crews didn’t find any leaks.