‘This is only an exercise...’

Firefighters spray water to help contain the flames spewing from a building in the former Sequel behavioral health treatment center during Thursday’s live-fire exercise.

Photo by Brian S. Orban

Three buildings north of town were deliberately set on fire Thursday evening.

But don’t worry. It was all according to plan.

City firefighters started the fires inside the buildings to complete a scheduled “live fire” training exercise.

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