Weslaco Fire Department celebrates century of service

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Weslaco Fire Department celebrates century of service

WESLACO — In 1921, a major fire swept through downtown here, frightening the pioneers who had founded Weslaco just two years earlier. That concern led the town’s leaders to a gentlemen’s agreement — they would band together to form a bucket brigade in the event of another blaze. Just three years later, in 1924, that moment of truth came when yet another conflagration nearly destroyed Weslaco’s nascent downtown. It took the concerted effort of fi…