On Tuesday, April 12, the Wake Forest Fire Department conducted a controlled burn and training exercise at 2017 South Main, one of the three small houses which have been sold and will be razed to make way for a Wendy’s and another use. It is not their only extra duty this week because afterward some of the fire fighters will go back to Station #1 to prepare for Friday’s annual fish fry.
The fish fry will be Friday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with eat-in and take-out orders for $8 a plate. Eat-in orders include drinks. The trucks will be moved outside and diners can eat in the bays at long tables. All the food except catching the fish is prepared by firefighters and the women’s auxiliary – breading and frying the fish, peeling and boiling potatoes, cutting up the slaw ingredients and making and frying the hush puppies.
In addition, there will be baked goods – brownies, cookies, cakes, pies, whatever – will be for sale. Local people are encouraged to make a batch or two or put together a cake and take it to the fire station on Elm Avenue either Thursday afternoon or early Friday.
The fire fighters will return to South Main for more controlled burning and training on Tuesday, April 19; Thursday, April 28; and Friday, April 29. Drivers are warned there may be heavy smoke and ash drifting across South Main from the burns on those days just as there was Tuesday. They should proceed cautiously or find an alternate route. The burns will take place from mid-morning until about 2 p.m.
