A face-lift is in the works for Hilo’s historic Central Fire Station

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Cars drive by the Central Fire Station on Sept. 30 in Hilo. (Tribune-Herald /file photo)

Tribune-Herald file photo In this 2023 photo, lockers have begun to rust due to exhaust from the fire trucks at the Central Fire Station in Hilo.

Tribune-Herald file photo Mold and cracks grow all over the exterior of the Central Fire Station in 2023 in Hilo.

Firefighters will vacate the Central Fire Station in downtown Hilo as early as this spring while the nearly 90-year-old building undergoes long-overdue repairs.

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