Cape Girardeau firefighters Dennis Ainsworth, Capt. Rick Crites and Jake Noland finished extinguishing a car fire on Amblewood Drive near Lexington Avenue that occurred Tuesday afternoon. But this case shows how timing is everything. Moments later, their fire engine lost its fan belt, forcing them to shut down the pump.
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