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Fire station hosts dinner for crash-damaged Salida church

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First Congregational Church member Wayne Beck helps prepare meals during the church’s annual corned beef dinner, held at fire Station 12 in Salida, Calif., on Thursday, March, 17, 2016. The Salida Fire Protection District invited the church to hold the dinner there because a driver crashed through the wall of the church kitchen on March 7.
First Congregational Church member Wayne Beck helps prepare meals during the church’s annual corned beef dinner, held at fire Station 12 in Salida, Calif., on Thursday, March, 17, 2016. The Salida Fire Protection District invited the church to hold the dinner there because a driver crashed through the wall of the church kitchen on March 7. Andy Alfaro aalfaro@modbee.com

It was a traditional dinner in a nontraditional spot, thanks to firefighters who stepped in to save the day.

Salida’s First Congregational Church had planned its annual corned beef and cabbage dinner to commemorate St. Patrick’s Day on Thursday. But a driver crashed through the wall of the church kitchen on March 7.

The Salida Fire Protection District invited the church to hold the dinner at Station 12 on Salida Boulevard. Church members took over the firehouse’s kitchen, set up tables and served up corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and carrots.

This story was originally published March 18, 2016 at 2:31 PM with the headline "Fire station hosts dinner for crash-damaged Salida church."

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