It once put out fires in and around Ottawa, but now this vintage 1967 Fargo firetruck is starting them. Sort of.
It’s making pizzas in a wood fire oven installed in its rear, after two Ottawa entrepreneurs turned a joke into an eccentric business idea.
“My business partner Jason Paquette called me one day saying how cool would it be to have an oven in the back of a fire truck,†said Kyle Weisgerber. “He thought it was a bit of a joke. But when he told me I thought it was fabulous.â€
After getting off the phone with Paquette, Weisgerber turned to Kijiji and a quick search revealed the cherry red 67 Fargo.