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Deadly Storm Rages Across South

BREAKING NEWS

Updated at 4:09pm April 29th - DEATH TOLL IS NOW REPORTED TO BE 318.

3:16pm - DEATH TOLL IS NOW REPORTED TO BE 272.

1:44pm - DEATH TOLL IS NOW REPORTED TO BE 252.

1:31pm – COLUMBIA – The National Weather Service is reporting that an EF1 tornado did touch down near Ft. Motte in Calhoun County Thursday morning. It said wind gusts were around 100 mph. (more…)

1:12pm - DEATH TOLL IS NOW REPORTED TO BE 247.

11:26am – RELATIVELY LIGHT DAMAGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA & NO REPORTED DEATHS FROM THE DEADLY STORMS THAT RIPPED THROUGH THE SOUTH LAST NIGHT.

10:59am - DEATH TOLL IS NOW REPORTED TO BE 231.

10:00am - DEATH TOLL IS NOW REPORTED TO BE 210.

9:54am – 150+ TORNADOES NOW REPORTED HAVING TOUCHED DOWN IN 5 STATES.

9:49am - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY UNTIL 10:30 A.M. PLACES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE: GOURDIN, KINGSTREE, CADES, LAKE CITY, NEW HOPE, and INDIANTOWN.

9:41am – This tornado is worst than the April 8, 1998 EF-5 that followed a similar path. Only 32 people died then. Death toll in Alabama at 128 and expected to climb. The tornado never lifted from Tuscaloosa to Fultondale, AL, some 63 miles, and then lifted only briefly. Site built homes totally off the foundation, massive timber damage in East Tuscaloosa County. The tornado track started in Mississippi and continued into Georgia.

9:20am – SOUTH LYNCHES FF'S WORKING TO REMOVE TREES OUT OF ROADS IN SCRANTON & COWARD COMMUNITIES. THIS IS IN FLORENCE COUNTY.

9:08am – 145+ TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN 24 HOUR PERIOD. MOST IN UNITED STATES HISTORY. april 3RD & 4TH, 1974's "SUPER OUTBREAK" WAS PREVIOUS RECORD.

8:56am – DEATH TOLL IS NOW REPORTED TO BE 193.

8:44am - SEVERE T-STORM WARNING & DAMAGE: WILLIASBURG, MARION, FLORENCE, AND DILLON COUNTIES UNTIL 9:30. REPORTS OF LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN IN McBEE (CHESTERFIELD COUNTY)

8:22am – SOUTHEAST US *WX DAMAGE* DEATH COUNT OF 178 EXPECTED TO RISE. 1,000s INJ'D. MASS CASUALTY MORGUE REQ'D IN CATOOSA CTY GA. DEATH COUNTS: MS-32 AL-128 TN-6 GA-11 VA-1. SRCH & RESCUE STILL UNDERWAY ACROSS THE SOUTH. 

Current storm line is traveling across  South Carolina at 35mph and is currently in the Midlands. Stay tuned and stay safe!

We will be posting more information as it becomes available.

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Greenwood FF’s Battle House Fire

Index-Journal – April 27th

GREENWOOD – City of Greenwood FF'svigorously battled a raging fire on Emerald Farm Road. Emergency personnel – including the fire department, Greenwood Police and Greenwood County EMS – responded at about 7 p.m. Tuesday to 106 Emerald Farm Road, the home of James Hackett and family. The occupants of the home reportedly were able to escape without injuries. (more…)

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State Fire News Roundup

- Fire Scorches Murrells Inlet Shop

- Easter Morning Fire Destroys Home

- Founding South Lynches Member Dies

- Boarding House Destroyed in Multi-alarm fire

- Possible Raccoon Alerts Family of Fire

- Morning Fire Destroys North Charleston Home

- $300K in Damage to Rock Hill Home

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NCFD Gets Grant to Help Buy Fireboat

The Post and Courier

North Charleston has been awarded a federal Department of Homeland Security grant to buy a fireboat needed to combat waterfront disasters and respond to potential terror threats around the port. (more…)

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One Injured in Auto Salvage Fire

The Post and Courier

SUMMERVILLE — One person had minor burns after a fire Monday at an auto salvage yard on U.S. Highway 78. Shortly before 12:50 p.m, the C&B Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to Johnson Used Auto Parts at 10453 U.S. 78, said C&B Fire Lt. Michael Campbell. The first firefighters at the scene reported seeing heavy fire coming from six or seven junked vehicles in the salvage yard, Campbell said. (more…)

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FD Replaces Aging Apparatus

The Greenville News  

GREER — Two aging fire engines that responded to calls for more than 30 years have been replaced at the Taylors Fire Department. The new pumper trucks cost at total of $718,630 and were purchased from Pierce Manufacturing Inc. before new federal EPA emission standards were passed last year, Assistant Fire Chief Bobby Van Pelt said. (more…)

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Hot Spots Rekindle Brush Fire

SCNOW

CAROLINA FOREST – South Carolina Forestry Commission crews will leave for the night after continuing to fight today's hot spots from Sunday's Horry County brush fire that flared back up Monday. Spokesperson for SCFC Scott Hawkins said crews will continue to fight the fire first thing in the morning. Tomorrow's forecasted winds will require early and persistent fire suppression. (more…)

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Town Council Considers New Fire Station

The Post and Courier

MONCKS CORNER — A new fire station in a growing neighborhood that the town has annexed could raise taxes for everyone. Council will decide today whether that's a good idea or not. Town officials have annexed thousands of houses in new subdivisions along U.S. Highway 52 north of Goose Creek in the past few years. (more…)

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Man Injured In Fire Charged With Murder

Anderson Independent Mail

ANDERSON — Mitchell Allan Giugou has been charged with murdering an Anderson woman and setting fire to the house where her body lay. Allison Pinsley, 51, died Saturday of asphyxiation at 208 Richey Street. Deputy Coroner Charlie Boseman said a plastic bag was placed over her head. Within an hour of her death, a fire started at the house.  (more…)

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House Fire Causes $350,000 In Damages

The State

CHAPIN — A fire shortly after midnight destroyed a home on Resting Place Point. Lexington County Fire Service firefighters were called around 12:15 a.m. today to 951 Resting Place Point, where they found a three-story house engulfed in flames, the fire service said.  (more…)

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Driver Cited in School Bus Accident

The Island Packet 

BLUFFTON — A school bus driver was ticketed after her bus overturned in Pritchardville early Tuesday, injuring her and a student, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol. Eighteen Bluffton Middle School students were on the bus when it slid into a ditch and onto its side at about 7 a.m. on Old Miller Road, which is off May River Road., according to Capt. Randy Hunter of the Bluffton Township Fire District. (more…)

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FF’s Killed In Line of Duty Remembered

WIS TV 10

COLUMBIA — The lives of four fallen South Carolina firefighters were honored on Tuesday, including Chance Zobel of Columbia. "The bell was rung three times in three successions to symbolize their final call," said Greenview firefighter Skip Hannon. Firefighters from all over the state were there, as well as the governor and the families of four firefighters who died while protecting South Carolinians. (more…)

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Electrical Short Causes Salon Fire

Aiken Standard

NORTH AUGUSTA — An electrical short in a mechanical closet at a North Augusta tanning salon ignited a fire Friday morning that forced the business to evacuate. Three people were inside the Tan-Fastic Tanning Salon at 216 E. Martintown Road when they began to smell smoke coming from the rear of the business, said Sgt. Tim Thornton, a spokesperson for North Augusta Public Safety. (more…)

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Foul Play Suspected In Fatal Fire

Anderson Independent Mail;  Photo by:  Sefton Ipock

ANDERSON — Authorities are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found Saturday afternoon in a burned home just outside Anderson city limits. “We do suspect foul play at this time,” said Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown. The fire at 208 Richey St. was reported at 3:20 p.m. Saturday, said Anderson County Fire Chief Billy Gibson. (more…)

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Crews Contain Wildfire

The Sun News

HORRY COUNTY — Two years to the week after the state's largest wildfire — the 19,000-acre blaze that destroyed 70 homes in Horry County — fire crews were taking no chances Sunday. A fire that started about 2:30 p.m. in the 1800 block of International Drive quickly developed four heads, and the South Carolina Department of Forestry called out reinforcements to make sure the blaze didn't get out of hand like the one in 2009. (more…)

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One Dead, Six Injured In Ambulance Crash

WIS TV

ORANGEBURG COUNTY – Alcohol is a suspected factor in an accident involving an ambulance and another car that killed one and sent six others to the hospital early Sunday morning. The accident happened around 7:30am on Magnolia Street at Stilton Road, about one mile north of Orangeburg. (more…)

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Fire Destroys Mortuary

Anderson Independent Mail

SENECA — State investigators probed the charred remains Thursday of the former mortuary building on U.S. 123 owned by state Rep. Bill Sandifer, R-Seneca. The building was destroyed in an early morning fire. Seneca fire officials say, however, that there is no reason from the preliminary findings to suspect foul play in the fire’s origin. (more…)

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Wildfire Damages Property

WSPA News 7

PICKENS — Firefighters in Pickens County say a brush fire that threatened some structures Thursday morning was fully contained by Thursday evening. (more…)

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Man dies in morning blaze

 

ORANGEBURG – An Orangeburg County man died early Thursday morning in a mobile home fire. Roy Hamilton Sr., 60, of 1556 Coulter Road died of carbon monoxide poisoning and thermal injury due to the fire, Orangeburg County Deputy Coroner Sean Fogle said. (more…)

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Fatal MVA in Horry County

 

YAUHANNAH – Horry County Coroner Robert Edge says one person has died in an accident at the Yauhannah Bridge. The bridge, on Highway 701 in Horry County, is still closed after a semi-truck went off the side just after 8 a.m. and landed in a marsh, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol.

The driver of the semi died, but the man's name has not been released. TheHorry County Coroner's Office is trying to locate the man's relatives and expects to release an identity Monday afternoon.

We spoke with a man who says he was talking to the driver on the phone when the wreck happened. He didn't want to release his name but said the driver worked for Mason Dixon Trucking in Charleston and lived in Georgetown.

Highway Patrol says before the bridge can reopen, about 10 feet of guardrail needs to be fixed. The bridge will most likely be closed for the remainder of the day.

Emergency spill response and Environmental Services are cleaning up the oil and gas.

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Church Burns After Lightning Strike

CENTENARY – An ages-old Baptist Church in Marion County burned to the ground after it was struck by lightning Saturday night, but congregation members are determined to keep their spirits high.

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Firefighters Arrive Combat Training

SOCASTEE – Horry County Fire Rescue workers welcomed 50 firefighters from all over the east coast and Canada to the Socastee fire house this weekend for a combat challenge training camp.

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Fire not cause of man’s death

HEMINGWAY – A Saturday morning house fire in Hemingway has investigators searching for murder suspects. At 5:44 a.m. the Williamsburg County Fire Department and the Hemingway Fire Department were dispatched to the home of Roy Edward Poston, 63, of 468 Hemingway Highway, after a driver noticed the house was on fire and called 911.

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Man Charged With Felony In Fatal MVA

SPARTANBURG – A man involved in a wreck that killed a Byrnes High School senior and injured several other people is facing felony charges. (more…)

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Sunken Boat Presents Problem For Investigators

ANDERSON COUNTY – Investigators will have to wait until a boat is raised from the bottom of Hartwell Lake to determine the cause of a Wednesday fire that burned two houseboats at Portman Shoals Marina. Two boats, each more than 50-feet long, caught fire and were towed away from Dock 9, but one of the boats sank. The other boat was towed away from the dock where other boats were moored.  (more…)

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