The Associated Press
HARTSELLE, Ala.— A promise that a Hollywood producer would provide new fire trucks for some Alabama municipalities may turn out to be too good to be true.
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"Look, I don't think any of those places are going to get what has been promised to them," Jon Holmes of American LaFrance told The Decatur Daily.
Heyman-Hanks promised to give at least one pumper truck to fire departments in
Officials in Hartselle and
"We're just thoroughly disappointed," Hartselle Fire Chief Steve Shelton said.
Athens Fire Chief Cliff Christopher said he believes he and other fire chiefs in the state now believe the new equipment is probably not coming.
"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is," Christopher said. "That's an old saying, but I probably should have gone with my instincts from the beginning."
Attempts to reach Heyman-Hanks were unsuccessful. The telephone number he provided officials in Hartselle has been disconnected.
"Right now, I'm not designing anything for him," Holmes said. "There has been no purchase, and we have no order from him. I want to say this as simply as I can: No trucks are being built."
The city of
By April, a red flag went up, Fincher said. "We couldn't get in contact with him, and a trip to
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