ESTILL – American Red Cross volunteers were called in Thursday afternoon to assist a family of 15 after a fire destroyed their Estill-area home. (more…)
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Proposal Would Settle 1st Response Issues
BEAUFORT – After months of court-ordered mediation, the Burton Fire District, city of Beaufort and town of Port Royal have reached a proposed settlement detailing where the district will provide first-response services and at what cost to the municipalities. (more…)
Children Left Alone; Mother Comes Home To Fire
CHARLESTON – The woman who perished Tuesday night in a fire that also claimed the lives of her twin 3-year-old sons had left food cooking on the stove and her sons alone without supervision while she went to pick up a friend, authorities said Wednesday. (more…)
Woman Charged with Arson
PICKENS COUNTY — A woman is charged with second-degree arson after a house fire in Pickens County earlier this month.
Doni Faith Hale Miles is in custody this morning at the Pickens County Detention Center in lieu of a $7,500 surety bond, according to a Pickens County Sheriff’s office statement.
After an investigation conducted by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, it was determined that Miles had intentionally set fire Aug. 3 to the house at 314 Chandler Road in Dacusville, where she lived with her husband, Wayne Miles. (more…)
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Firefighter Training Event
SPARTANBURG — Firefighters from across Spartanburg County began a three-day training event Tuesday at the Montgomery Building downtown. The City of Spartanburg fire department invited firefighters throughout the county to attend the exercise, which includes searching a high-rise, practicing incident command skills, and rescuing firefighters in trouble. (more…)
One Fatal in Andrews Plane Crash
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ANDREWS – The name of the pilot who died in this morning’s plane crash adjacent to the Andrews Airport has not been released. The plane is registered to Richard H. Gross of McClellanville. It was a small, private Skyline plane . (more…)
Woman and Twin Sons Die in House Fire
CHARLESTON – A woman and her twin sons were killed in a house fire late Tuesday in West Ashley. Firefighters were called to the home at 1918 Greenpark Ave. at 9:09 p.m., said Mark Ruppel, spokesman for the Charleston Fire Department. There was damage to the kitchen area and heavy smoke throughout the house, Ruppel said. (more…)
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Fatal Wreck on Hwy 61; Drivers Say Route is Treacherous
CHARLESTON — Allison Cunningham said she still likes to give her husband a hard time for choosing a house in West Ashley without first test-driving Ashley River Road, the two-lane highway she uses on her commute to downtown Charleston. Cunningham, a veteran of highways in Washington, D.C., and Houston, said she considers the often-congested road her “arch-enemy.” (more…)
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Fatal Shooting Scene Destroyed by Fire
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LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. — Laurens County deputies are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a home where a man was fatally and a woman was wounded Friday night. One of two men suspected in that shooting is still on the loose. According to Laurens County Sheriff Ricky Chastain the man is Gerard Mosley. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office and Fire Services responded to the fire at about 3:15 a.m. Tuesday at 61 Brewster Road in Laurens.(more…)
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Police Seek to Identify Burned Body
AIKEN — The Aiken County Coroner’s Office and the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office are asking for public assistance in identifying a woman whose burned body was discovered in a field on Storm Branch Road two weeks ago. The woman died on Aug. 11, but investigators still have been unable to link her to a missing persons case and have not heard from the woman’s next of kin. (more…)
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Early Morning Wreck Kills One
HORRY COUNTY — The S.C. Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that happened about 5:30 Tuesday morning near Green Sea at the intersection of Green Sea highway, S.C. 410 and S.C. 646.
Horry County Assistant Coroner Tony Hendrick responded to the scene and said Madison Hall Elliott, 35, from Green Sea, was killed in the one-car crash when his car left the roadway. Elliott died from blunt force trauma, Hendrick said.
Cpl. Paul Brouthers with the Highway Patrol said the driver was not wearing a seatbelt when his vehicle ran off the road. (more…)
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Mother & Twin Toddlers Killed in Fire
BREAKING NEWS>>
UPDATE: A mother and her twin 3-year old boys have been confirmed fatal at local hospitals. This is the same department and shift to work the fatal MVA this morning on Hwy 61. Long day in Charleston County…
CHARLESTON – 2 children and 1 adult were pulled from a raging fire at 1918 Greenpark Drive in West Ashley. All 3 were in full arrest when transported.
Firefighters on the scene quickly brought the fire under control.
St. Andrews Fire Department has E301 E302 E303 R301 C301-IC on scene. They received mutual aid from the Charleston Fire Department with E116 E119 E112 E111 T105 and multiple chief officers on scene.
More information when it becomes available.
Couple Charged in House Fire
JEFFERSON — A young couple that was living in a $600,000 house when it was destroyed by fire in May has been charged with arson in the case, Monroe police say. Andrew William Currie, 26, and his wife, Carmin Colette Currie, 25, were arrested Monday at the latest residence, on Sandhill VFD Road in Jefferson, S.C. They were charged with fraudulently burning a dwelling and felony conspiracy. (more…)
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Ex-FF to Spend Five Years in Prison
BEAUFORT — A former firefighter charged with starting a series of blazes in 2007 and 2008 in Palmetto Bluff that caused more than $1.4 million in damage was sentenced to five years in prison Monday.
Bryan Yeager, 24, of Beaufort pleaded no contest — which means he does not admit guilt but will not challenge arson and other charges — one day before his trial was set to begin at the Beaufort County Courthouse. The fires included one in 2008 that burned down a partially built house in Palmetto Bluff. (more…)
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Fatal Head-on Collision Shuts Road
CHARLESTON – One person was fatally injured during a head-on-collision on Highway 61. South Carolina Highway Patrol reports the accident was just inside the Dorchester County line near Middleton Gardens. (more…)
Fire Destroys Anderson County Home
ANDERSON COUNTY – Fire destroyed a home in Anderson this morning. Firefighters were called to 1603 Stringer Road around 4:45 a.m. and found the home engulfed in flames, said Anderson County Fire Chief Billy Gibson. (more…)
OSHA Investigates Fire
NORTH CHARLESTON- A North Charleston Fire Department memo reveals possible problems in a fire that injured three of their own. Now the agency that overlooks workplace safety, known as OSHA confirms they are now looking into how the city handled its firefighters during a fire last month. (more…)
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Police Douse FF’s in Charity Tug-of-War
FORT MILL — Rain or shine, Homer’s Heroes Challenge Tug-of-War was going down. At stake were bragging rights for men who help keep Fort Mill safe. Hours before the benefit Tug-of-War started, the Fort Mill police and fire department exchanged words. “They’re doing a rain dance so it will rain,” Fire Chief Ken Kerber said of the police department. “They don’t want to face us. In fact, they’re buying their Halloween masks right now because they don’t want to be seen in public when they lose.” (more…)
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Commercial Fire Reported in Anderson
HOMELAND PARK – Three Anderson fire departments responded to a commercial fire off White Street in Anderson. Fire departments from Broadway Lake, Homeland Park and Centerville battled a fire Sunday at Campbell Metal Works on White Street. The fire was reported about 1:20 p.m. (more…)
PennWell Acquires Fire Apparatus Magazine
TULSA, OK – PennWell Corporation, a diversified global media and information company, announced today that it has acquired Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment magazine and the website FireMagazine.com. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. (more…)
One Killed, Four Injured in MVA
ANDERSON COUNTY – An Anderson man was killed and four people — including an Anderson School District 3 trustee — were brought to the hospital after a two-vehicle accident Friday night in Anderson County. (more…)
OSHA Considers Safety Violations
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NORTH CHARLESTON – State workplace safety investigators are mulling possible citations against the North Charleston Fire Department for its handling of a July house fire that left three firefighters injured.
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Fire Damages Golf Course Trailer
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH — Fourteen firefighters extinguished a mobile home fire in North Myrtle Beach Friday afternoon, according to officials on scene.
Nicole Aiello, spokeswoman for the City of Myrtle Beach, said North Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue was dispatched to 2400 Metts Dr. at 3:41 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters found a double-wide trailer on fire at the Azalea Sands Golf Course. (more…)
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Storm Fuels Fire at Local Restaurant
BLUFFTON — Friday’s thunderstorms also led to the postponement of the football game between rivals Hilton Head Island and Bluffton high schools, scheduled Friday on the island. It will be played today at 7:30 p.m. at Hilton Head Island Community Stadium. A roof fire likely caused by lightning Friday night led to the evacuation of the Golden Corral restaurant in Bluffton — one of several emergency calls during a heavy storm that sent firefighters scrambling. (more…)
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