An antique fire truck, well-known at parades and events in Cocoa, has disappeared, leaving the owner fired up.
- Antique fire truck in Cocoa was moved after Hurricane Matthew
- Witnesses say they saw it towed
- Hasn't been seen since
"My property manager came in the office and said 'Where did you move your firetruck?' I said, I don't know what you're talking about," said owner Charles Fischer.
Fischer, who runs a real estate business, knows a lot about 'moving' when it comes to properties.
But when it comes to his treasured 1956 antique fire truck, he didn't know a thing about what had unfolded.
He bought the truck at auction in 2005, and used it in local parades and events.
"It was sitting right there on Lemon Street," Fischer said. "She said no, it had been pulled out and it was across the street while they were moving a tree."
Normally Fischer stores the truck in a fenced-in area on his rental property. But Hurricane Matthew caused a neighbor's tree to topple over the fence.
The tenant then moved the fire truck safely across the street to a vacant lot while the storm damage was removed.
"We've all seen it so many times, we just kind of stopped looking for it," said Jim Green, who works nearby and runs a road crew at the intersection. He and co-workers have been talking about the unique antique over the past couple weeks.
He was shocked when we told him it was gone. "It's a shame," adds Green.
So what happened to the truck?
It doesn't look like your everyday fire truck.
The tenant tells Fischer they saw a wrecker haul it away last Wednesday and thought nothing of it. Fischer hit the phones and visited several local tow companies, but none said they hauled it away. Plus Cocoa code enforcement didn't make the request.
So the mystery continues.
"We lost a lot of things in Hurricane Matthew, the last thing I thought would come up missing was my fire truck," Fischer said.
Fischer says he wants fire truck back, no questions asked.
If you have any information call Cocoa Police.