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HEMINGWAY – Last month's fire at Don's Car Crushing in Holly Hill wasn't a first for the company, and it wasn't the last. At 1 a.m. Wednesday, a fire started at the company's Hemingway facility. It was brought under control six hours later, Williamsburg County Fire Chief Randy Swinton said. The Hemingway fire is still under investigation, but Swinton is doubtful an official cause can be determined. (more…)
SEE ALSO: DHEC Report on Incident
Lake City Names New Fire Chief
LAKE CITY – The Lake City council has named Randy Driggers as chief of the Lake City Fire Department. Driggers, who has been serving as the interim fire chief since the passing of Chief Tony Singletary in February, said he work as chief is more administrative than on the front lines of firefighting. (more…)
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New Fire Chief Hired From Longtime Summerville Family
SUMMERVILLE – Richard Waring, the son of former town councilman, public safety director and fire chief Ricky Waring, was picked today as the town’s new fire chief. The rapid hiring was stepped up by Mayor Bill Collins and handled largely without public disclosure. Waring is a battalion chief with Charleston Fire Department; he is a 19-year volunteer with the Summerville Fire Department.
SEE ALSO: Summerville to Hire New Chief in Secret
Community Reaches Out to 28 Families Displaced by Fire
DUNCAN – Ashton Holmes Rogers didn't know where his family would sleep Tuesday night.The 20-year-old lived with his family for more than 6 years at The Haven at Berry Shoals, until a fire ripped through his building about 4 p.m. Saturday. (more…)
SEE ALSO: Investigators may not know cause of fire
West Florence FF’s Contain House Fire
FLORENCE – A Florence home has sustained heavy heat and smoke damage Wednesday afternoon following a fire.
Capt. Anthony Fox, spokesman for the West Florence Fire Department, said firefighters responded to a home along McNiel Drive around 12:45 p.m. Wednesday for a reported house fire.
Units including two engines, a tanker truck and a rescue truck located smoke coming from the roof of the home, but were able to contain the fire to the room of origin, said Fox.
Florence County EMS and the Florence County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and the cause remains under investigation at this time. No one was hurt.
Summerville to Hire New Fire Chief in Secret
SUMMERVILLE – The town is very likely to hire a new fire chief today, with little formal review by Town Council and no public disclosure. A mayor-appointed committee will recommend a candidate during a special session of council. The panel included a voting majority of council members, which virtually assures that the candidate will be hired. (more…)
Two Goose Creek FF’s Struck by Suspected Drunk Driver
***BREAKING NEWS***
GOOSE CREEK - The City of Goose Creek Fire Dept's Rescue 1 and Medic 9 were operating at an MVA when a suspected DUI entered the scene striking 2 FF's.
FF/Medic Christopher Harrison and Captain Michael Altoff were struck by Jessica Lanier after she failed to yield to the emergency scene and plowed into the two men.
Reports from the scene indicate that FF Harrison pushed Captain Altoff out of the way at the last moment, taking the brunt of the impact.
Both were transported to Trident Medical Center with Harrison having a shattered ankle and Altoff with torn ligaments in at least one knee. They were treated and released several hours later.
The FF's were wearing their protective clothing and Rescue 1 had been set up to create a "safety" zone. Police were on scene when the members were struck.
The 25 year old Lanier was arrested by South Carolina Highway Patrol on suspicion of DUI and transported to the Berkeley County jail. She is currently awaiting a bond hearing as of press time.
SC Highway Patrol Probing Crash That Killed EMS Patient
ORANGEBURG – Highway Patrol reconstruction team is working to determine the cause of an ambulance crash which left a 79-year-old patient dead. Mary Thompson of Vance died Monday as a result of blunt force trauma sustained when the ambulance overturned, Orangeburg County Coroner Samuetta Marshall said.
Multiple Alarm Fire Guts Historic Darlington Square Building
DARLINGTON – Fire Saturday night destroyed the Smith Building on Darlington's historic Courthouse Square. Daylight revealed brick walls and store fronts with little more than charred rubble where four businesses had been before. The fire kept Darlington firefighters — and many others from surrounding departments — busy after it was first reported at 7:41 p.m. in an alterations business. The alternations business, one of four in the building, fronted Orange Street. (more…)
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DUI Charge Reduced For North Charleston Fire Captain
MIAMI BEACH - North Charleston Fire Captain Carlos LaFeith King is slated to return to full duty today after Florida prosecutors determined there wasn't evidence to support DUI charges against him. King was off duty when he crashed into a parked police car near a volatile shooting scene in that city on Memorial Day. Police shot at King during the incident and then hauled him away on a charge of DUI. (more…)
Video of 1st shooting scene in Miami Beach, Florida
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- Fire Captain, FF son Arrested for Disorderly Conduct While Intoxicated
- North Charleston Fire Captain Arrested for Criminal Domestic Violence
- 3 North Charleston FF's Hurt in House Fire
- OSHA Investigates Fire That Inured 3 FF's
Fire at Downtown Apartment Damages 16 Units, Displaces Families
CHARLESTON – Overuse of extension cords was the cause of a Monday morning fire that ripped through a 16-unit apartment building at Bridgeview Village on Romney Street, authorities said. There were no serious injuries at Bridgeview Village Apartments, but a maintenance worker was taken to Medical University Hospital for an apparent minor case of smoke inhalation, according to Charleston Fire Department spokesman Mark Ruppel. (more…)
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