Okeechobee's fire departments were busy this week.
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• Okeechobee City Fire Department responded to 17 medical/EMS, two motor vehicle and four dispatch and canceled calls between Feb. 15 and Feb. 21.
• Okeechobee County Fire Rescue responded to 119 medical/EMS, eight motor vehicle, two aircraft standby, seven fire related and ten miscellaneous calls last week. Of 99 possible transports, 13 were refused.
• On Feb. 23, OCFR responded to a call regarding a vehicle fire at the Shell Gas Station on State Road 70 West at approximately noon. When they arrived, they founnd a vehicle in the parking lot with the hood open but no sign of a fire. The owner said as she was driving, she saw smoke coming from the front of the vehicle and pulled into the gas station. The crew disconnected her battery and turned the vehicle back over to the owner.