One thing to be thankful for over last week's holiday is the mutual aid relationship shared between Ralston and La Vista first responders.
On Friday, Ralston Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kyle Ienn was driving near 96th Street and Giles Road when he spotted smoke in the west.
By the time he arrived at Fantasy's on 126th and Giles in La Vista, Ienn found an SUV engulfed in flames next to a gas pump.
Ienn called dispatch and RVFD and La Vista arrived on the scene simultaneously.
With Keith Kettelhut at the wheel of Engine 131, RVFD firefighters Bo Wilson and Tim Jepsen formed an attack line with Andrea Neukirch in support and were able to extinguish the fire before it spread further.
"Everyone did a great job making a quick attack and keeping a bad situation from getting much worse," Ienn said. "Time is of the essence in something like this and it goes to show how our training pays off."
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