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CHARLESTON – Tony the Peanut Man had just taken a break from boiling his trademark legumes when a loud knock sounded on the front door of his West Ashley home early Tuesday. “There’s a fire in your backyard,” a breathless neighbor told him. Tony, also known as Anthony Wright, ran barefoot from his 5th Avenue home, ignoring the sting of gravel on his feet as he rounded the corner. (more..)
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CHARLESTON – Old construction, closely built buildings, and crowded streets, all among the challenges when fighting fires on the peninsula. Firefighters go through specialized training tailored just for the downtown area. "The peninsula is a very unique area, full of historic buildings dating back to the 1700s for some of them. Each of those has unique challenges in construction, how close they are together and how much they mean to the tourists coming to visit," Deputy Chief John Tippett said. (more…)
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CHARLESTON – Bond was set at $100,000 for a man accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend then setting fire to her home in West Ashley Saturday afternoon. Authorities charged Vantrez Grant with third-degree arson and criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature. Deputies responded to an apartment on Hillside Drive Saturday afternoon in reference to a fire. An affidavit states that Grant and the victim were having an argument when Grant hit the victim in the face with a closed fist multiple times. (more…)
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NORTH CHARLESTON – Dispatchers say fire crews are on the scene of a blaze at the Noisy Oyster on Rivers Avenue. Officials with Consolidated Dispatch say the fire happened at the restaurant in the 7,800-block of Rivers Avenue.
It is being reported that North Charleston Fire Department is responding with 5 engines, 2 Ladders, 1 Rescue, 2 Battalion Chiefs and 1 Division Chief. EMS also on scene.
More info as it becomes available.
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Herald Online
ROCK HILL – Firefighters spent several hours Monday morning battling a blaze at a Rock Hill nightclub, officials say. More than 20 firefighters responded to Club Odyssey at 593 Wilson Street after multiple people called to report the fire about 2:30 a.m., said Battalion Chief Steve Rogers. The blaze was fully involved when they arrived. (more…)
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CHARLESTON – As usual, our own Chief John Winn is always thinking about others and, even in his battle with cancer, he continues to encourage us to be positive and to work to help those in need. One of his missions during all of this is that he wants to use his situation to raise awareness of the hidden dangers of this business of firefighting. (more…)
ROCK HILL – An overnight fire injured three people and destroyed a house on Camden Avenue in Rock Hill. Firefighters and EMS were called to the home around 3:30 a.m., said Battalian Chief Ben Funderburk. The fire was fully engulfed when crews arrived and took more than 20 officials about three hours to clear the scene. (more…)
Fort Jackson, SC (WLTX) – Columbia firefighters responded to a blaze at the Fort Jackson Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) club. Firefighters say the blaze began around 8:30 inside a storage room at the facility. Fort Jackson firefighters reponded first, and Columbia Fire later joined in the suppression effort. The fire caused heavy smoke to fill the building. No one was inside at the time. It's not clear yet what led up to the fire. The club is used daily for dining on the base, and is rented out for weddings and other parties.
SPARTANBURG COUNTY - The North Spartanburg Fire Department responded to a house fire at 5235 North Blackstock Road on Tuesday afternoon. Two other fire departments helped North Spartanburg battle the blaze. Officials tell 7 On Your Side that the home was destroyed, but thankfully no one was inside or hurt. According to Capt. Larry Brady with the North Spartanburg Fire Department the home owner was refinishing the floors and left a bucket of rags unattended. Brady says the refinishing product was flammable and caught on fire.
story by WSPA-TV Channel 7, Spartanburg
ABBEVILLE COUNTY - Crews are on the scene working around the clock to clean up a chemical spill following a Thursday morning train derailment in Abbeville. Nearby homes were evacuated after more than two dozen CSX train cars derailed around 5 a.m. at Redd and Hagler Streets, near Long Branch Street. (more…)
BEAUFORT – A 26-year-old active-duty Marine from Sumter, who authorities say stole a Port Royal firetruck, struck six vehicles and killed a pedestrian, has been charged with murder. Kalvin Hunt is accused of striking and killing 28-year-old Justin Miller of Port Royal while he walked with his brother along Ribaut Road on Friday. (more…)
BEAUFORT – The nude man who stole a Port Royal fire truck and drove it down Ribaut Road, striking and killing a pedestrian, had fled Naval Hospital Beaufort earlier that afternoon, a hospital spokeswoman said Monday. (more…)
CHARLESTON – Fire Thomas Carr was hospitalized over the weekend due to complications from Parkinson's disease just two days short of his scheduled retirement. The party planned for his retirement has been postponed until further notice. Chief Carr's condition is unknown as well as how long he will be at the Medical University. (more…)
BEAUFORT – A pedestrian walking along Ribaut Road was struck and killed Friday afternoon by a man who stole a Port Royal firetruck as firefighters answered a medical call. Firefighters from the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department were sent at about 4 p.m. to Laurel Hill apartments on Ribaut Road, department spokesman Capt. John Robinson said. (more…)
COTTAGEVILLE – Colleton County Fire Rescue crews battled a blaze at 125 Dodge Lane,just south of Cottageville. The large double wide mobile home was located in a remote area and down a long dirt road. The people were not at home when the fire started. When they returned home they found the home heavily involved.
SPARTANBURG – Firefighters from Hilltop, Una, Drayton, and Whitney Fire Departments responded to 998 North Church St. shortly before 3 p.m. after receiving reports of a fire at a home that formerly housed a business known as the Browse Barn. When firefighters arrived, heavy smoke and flames were coming from the building. (more…)
SPARTANBURG - Flames have destroyed a mobile home in Spartanburg County. It happened Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. on Jordan Creek Road in Inman. North Spartanburg and Tyger River fire departments were called to the fire. Firefighters say there is heavy smoke and water damage to the single family home. There were people home at the time the fire started but they were able to make it out safely. However two animals were killed in the fire.
story from WSPA-TV Channel 7, Spartanburg
UNION – County Sheriff David Taylor has requested the State Law Enforcement Division to investigate a 2011 burglary at the Kelly-Kelton Fire Department substation. Authorities have received some information that firemen may be involved.
The substation is located on Howell Road in Jonesville. (more…)
NORTH CHARLESTON – Multiple frantic, desperate onlookers called 911 Friday morning to report a blaze consuming a North Charleston apartment. A mother and two children were trapped in a smoke-filled second-floor at Noisette Creek Apartments until the mom tossed a child out a window to a man waiting on the ground. Then the mom jumped. (more…)
NORTH CHARLESTON – John Bolton says he's anything but disgruntled. The North Charleston firefighter, who was injured in a 2010 blaze, claims the city is using him as a scapegoat to divert from what he calls the failures of the department during the fire that injured three. On July 7, 2010 Bolton says he barely made it out alive. He says he was upstairs the Hollow Oaks neighborhood home with two other firefighters when he walked into a fireball. (more…)
NORTH CHARLESTON – The North Charleston Fire Department responded to reports of a structure fire in the 3100 block of Accabee Road just after 7:15 a.m. Sunday. First arriving units reported a fully involved single family home at the location. The home where the fire originated was unoccupied at the time and was destroyed by the blaze. The fire affected two adjacent homes with minor damage to one home and significant damage to the other.
No one was injured in the fire and the cause of the original fire remains under investigation.
The American Red Cross is assisting one family.
NORTH CHARLESTON – A fire engine races up to a house engulfed in flames. Smoke billows from the burning building. Someone screams for help from the second floor. The captain of the fire crew hears the cry and then … begins filling out paperwork. That's the scenario area firefighters fear will result from a push by state officials to enforce new safety standards in the wake of a July 2010 blaze in North Charleston that injured three firefighters. (more…)
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COLUMBIA – 23-year-old career Firefighter Chance Zobel was struck and killed by a car while at the scene of a grass fire on November 13th, 2010. The driver that struck and killed him was an illegal immigrant. The NIOSH Report has been released and is available for review. Please remember Chance and his friends and family struggle with their loss.
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MYRTLE BEACH – Horry County fire crews battle a blaze at a Myrtle Beach restaurant. The Seafare Restaurant at 9925 North Kings Highway caught fire at approximately 9:23pm Saturday night, said Horry County Fire Rescue spokesperson Lesley Yancey. (more…)
ANDERSON COUNTY - Flames and black smoke billowed from a tanker truck that caught fire after a crash in Anderson County. The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported the accident on Shady Grove Road near Holiday Dam Road at 10:23 a.m. (more…)
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