12/30/2010: PAWLEY’S ISLAND – FF’s fought a blaze in an abandoned mobile home according to officials. The home was at the corner of Ocean Highway & Smalls Loop and was fully involved on arrival. Control time was within 30 minutes. More stories on the flip! (more…)
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Space Heater Explosion Injures Man
WEST PELZER – An explosion started by a space heater sent a 25-year-old man to Greenville Memorial Hospital Sunday morning. The explosion happened just before 6 a.m. in an apartment above Capps Gara ge at 410 Osteen Hill Road in West Pelzer, according to authorities. (more…)
Chester FF Laid to Rest
CHESTER – It was probably the only time in his career as a firefighter that Robert Boyd didn’t answer a call. Just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, a call went out over the scanner for Boyd with no response. Boyd was called twice more. There was no answer. (more…)
Man Injured in Fire
GOOSE CREEK – One man is in the Augusta Burn Center after a fire started early this morning at a home in Goose Creek. Goose Creek Fire Chief Steve Chapman says the call came in around 4:30 a.m. and took several departments an hour to put the fire out. (more…)
Fire Destroys Building in Darlington County
LAMAR – A Darlington County warehouse was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Officials were called to a metal warehouse in downtown Lamar off Main Street around 5:30 am. (more…)
Blazes Keep Clarendon FF’s Busy
CLARENDON – As a South Carolina Forestry law enforcement supervisor, Donna Green is accustomed to investigating one brush or woods fire per county on any given day. (more…)
Chester FF Killed in Car Crash on Christmas Eve
By Jamie Self – jself@heraldonline.com
CHESTER - A dedicated firefighter and community leader in Chester died in a car crash on Christmas Eve. (more…)
Columbia’s Bravest Fight Blaze
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COLUMBIA – A fire that sent smoke hundreds of feet into the air and could be seen all over Columbia Monday afternoon is now under control.
Columbia fire crews spent the better part of an hour battling the fire at the AAA Travel Insurance Car Care Center in the 4700 block of Forest Drive, which is between Trenholm Road and Clemson Avenue. (more…)
Fires Effect 5 Families
SUMMERVILLE – Firefighters and Red Cross volunteers have been busy of late as four house fires in less than a week temporarily displaced 13 people, including eight children. (more…)
Deadly Barn Fire in Timmonsville
TIMMONSVILLE – Within hours of a Tuesday morning fire killed hundreds of animals at Ovis Hill Farm in Timmonsville, members of the community rallied to help owners and operators Charlie and Alice Caldwell recover. (more…)
Man Dies in Early Morning Fire
MANNING – A 34-year-old man died early Thursday morning after a fire consumed the apartment building where the man and five other tenants lived in downtown Manning. (more…)
Fire Kills Elderly Woman
SUMTER – An 85-year-old Sumter woman was killed and her son injured while trying to rescue her from a burning mobile home. (more…)
FF’s Pay Tribute To One Of Their Own
VAN WYCK – The wail of a lone bagpipe pierced the sky as firefighters carried the body of Dillon Denton out of Van Wyck Presbyterian Church and toward his final resting place. Led by an officer carrying Denton’s gleaming red helmet, pallbearers threaded their way through rows of colleagues from nearby Charlotte Road/Van Wyck fire station and loaded the flag-draped casket on engine No. 501. (more…)
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FF’s Battle Apartment Fire
CONWAY — Firefighters battled a fire at a apartment building on Burcale Road in Horry County Friday night. Leslie Yancey with Horry County Fire Rescue said the fire toned out around 6:45 p.m. for an unit in the Waterway Crossing Apartment complex. The fire started in a the second story end apartment, and then moved to the units above and beside it. (more…)
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Fire Forces Family Of Five From Home
RAVENEL — A fire in Ravenel that forced a family out of their home Saturday night was the third house fire of the day for the Red Cross.
The fire at 5807 Winkie Lane in Ravenel displaced a family a five, including three children, according to the Red Cross. Volunteers provided temporary housing and emergency supplies to the family. (more…)
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34 Displaced By Massive Fire
GREER — Greenville County fire officials said improper storage of household chemicals caused a fire that displaced 34 people at a Greer apartment complex Thursday night. The fire happened at the Ashton Woods Apartments on Pelham Road about 11:30 p.m. Firefighters said that building 25 was engulfed in flames by the time they arrived at the scene. (more…)
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Stores Reopen, Share Space After Fire Bombings
BLUFFTON — Four businesses on the South Carolina coast that were the target of fire bombings last month have reopened and are sharing space and equipment.
The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports the companies in Bluffton are working in shared space in the same plaza while their old locations are renovated. (more…)
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Fires Increase In Cold Weather
ANDERSON COUNTY — As families try to stay warm in the cold temperatures, firefighters see more fires, according to the S.C. fire marshal.
In 2010, 56 people died in South Carolina fires. Six people were killed in fires in Anderson County, including a family of three who died in January at their home in Honea Path.
“(The family) was using the stove in the house for a heating source. That’s very dangerous,” said Anderson County Fire Chief Billy Gibson. (more…)
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FD Explores Adding Hydrants
TEGA CAY — Tega Cay leaders are stepping up on fire safety.
At issue is the need for more fire hydrants in historic Tega Cay. In recent months, two homes were severely damaged or deemed a total loss. That reality forces concern.
“We could lose a citizen,” said resident Linda Stevenson. The city wants more fire hydrants. (more…)
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Man Hit And Killed By Fire Truck
COLUMBIA — The man who was hit and killed by a fire truck ran into the road because a store clerk called the police on him, according to authorities. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said 49-year-old Michael A. Mayo of Columbia was struck and killed by a City of Columbia fire truck around 11:30pm Wednesday on Forest Drive near Providence Hospital. (more…)
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FF Dies of Brain Aneurysm
LANCASTER – With great regret and sorrow, we announce the death of Charlotte Road/Van Wyck Fire Department Lieutenant Dillon C. Denton at age 64. (more…)
Upstate FF’s Battle Blazes All Night
GREENVILLE – Firefighters from Anderson to Spartanburg County were busy Monday night and into early Tuesday morning battling fires in below freezing temperatures. (more…)
Chief Discovers Fire During Patrol
LAKE CITY – Fire Chief Tony Singletary was routinely driving through neighborhoods when he discovered smoke coming from a house Monday afternoon, he said. (more…)
Apartment Complex Damaged by Fire
NORTH CHARLESTON – Sixteen people, six of them children, were affected by a fire this afternoon at an apartment complex on Dorchester Road. (more…)
FD Teams Up To “Stuff The Truck”
MULLINS — Walgreens and the Mullins Fire Department have teamed up this holiday season to bring gifts to families in need. Fire Chief Robert Stetson said Walgreens manager Benjermin Martin approached him with the idea to have an event called, “Stuff the Truck.” The idea is to have members of the community donate non-perishable foods, clothes, toys, and any other item that could help a family in need. (more…)
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