(La Porte, IN) - Paving the way for a new fast food restaurant to be built, the La Porte Fire Department completed their move on Friday from their Firestation by Walmart, at the corner of State Road 2 and Boyd Boulevard, to their new facility on Daytona Street.  

Fire Chief Andy Snyder says they were responding to calls out of both stations on Friday until the move was finished that evening.  Snyder indicated the new fire station is about four times the size as the now empty vacated station, which was built in 1966.

He expects the old fire station to be torn down within a couple of weeks.  As reported by HometownNewsNow.com last week (click here), a Popeye’s restaurant will be constructed on the less than half acre parcel after demolition.