CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES: Work advances on San Marcos' newest fire station

San Marcos is drawing closer to having fire station 6 operational. 

The newest fire station — located in southeast San Marcos near the Trace neighborhood — will serve a growing area in the city. Fire Chief Les Stephen gave a tour of the new facility Thursday as it's currently being constructed. 

“In round numbers, it costs the city about $2.5 million, a little less than that, to operate each [fire] station,” San Marcos Fire Chief Les Stephen said. “There’s a lot of things that are replicated from one [station] to the next to the next with the idea of trying to keep this fire engine and this ambulance at home in this district, or this station, as much as possible.”