Dodge City fire chief retiring after 35-year career

    Armed with a scrapbook loaded with photos and clippings, Dodge City Fire Chief Dan Williamson recalled some of the memorable fires from his career.
    As he turned the pages, he lingered briefly over coverage of a nightclub fire from the late 1970s and a blaze at Boot Hill Museum. He later showed a visitor photos from the Boot Hill fire, which hang on one wall of his office at the Dodge City Fire Department.
    Tucked among the scrapbook clippings was a story about a grass fire in 1974, shortly after Williamson joined the department. That was his first fire call, and he remembered how excited he felt.
    "What was it like? Exhilarating,"  he said. "Because every kid likes to play with fire."
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