Firefighters from Liskeard have set off to Albania to kick start the creation of a new fire station in an impoverished part of the country.

Station manager Robert Collins and colleagues Scott Marks and Alan Constance are joining forces with Rotarians from the area to deliver emergency equipment, including a fire engine, to Krume in northern Albania. The team left on Wednesday, taking advantage of a once-in-a-century date by making their departure day 9/9/9

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