The investigation continues into the cause of a Monday night fire that extensively damaged the former Doyle Equipment Manufacturing location at 4001 Broadway.

Most of the engine is original, and anything restored was built using the same vintage parts. Yuba City Fire plans to use it for parades. “Someone did a lot of work on that, fixed it up and now ...

The engine will make its return debut at the Yuba City Children’s 4th of July Parade on Plumas Street, where it all began. Please note: This content carries a strict local market embargo.

One of those guys was retired Yuba City Fire Chief William Burke. “I was born in 1923, so the fire truck and me are almost the same age,” Burke said. Burke was on duty in the ’60s.

After being taken out of service by the Yuba City Fire Department in the 1970s, the 1931 engine continued to live many lives, even being used as a display at a restaurant. It was living at the ...