HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston's fire department has a brand new ladder truck, but as of now, it's sitting in an empty city parking lot. That's because it doesn't fit inside the station.

Both officials at City Hall and the Fire Department insist that the mistake won't impact public safety.

They said the plan now is to renovate the fire station so the truck fits better inside.

Fire Station 61, near Almeda, Genoa, and Monroe, has served southeast Houston since 1968.

But three years ago, the fire department requested a new ladder truck to replace the one firefighters had been using for several years.

Houston's city council approved spending nearly $1.5 million on it.

But, that truck may have come with a shoehorn.

When the new truck finally arrived this June, fire officials say, the

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