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Stolen Nebraska Fire Marshal’s Gear Found

ne-state-fire-marshalLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — State Fire Marshal’s gear worth $11,000 that was stolen last year has turned up in a tree grove east of Lincoln.

A 41-year-old rural Lincoln man found the equipment on his property Monday morning. A Lancaster County Sheriff’s deputy report says that among the equipment found was a scuba tank, hoses, tubes and detectors used to pick up harmful gases.

State Fire Marshal Jim Heine went to the grove and confirmed the equipment was from his office.

Heine says he’s not sure if any of the equipment still works. He said it looks like it had been outside a long time, noting that it was extreme dirty and muddy.

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