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CAMDEN — Law enforcement and families remembered the 77 lives lost in the Cleveland School Fire of 1923. "It's a significant historical event, one that should never be forgotten," said William Major. Firefighters and family members came to where a midlands school went up in flames back in 1923, killing 77 people at a school play. (more…)
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WCIV News 4
CHARLESTON – It's a scene that no one wants to see, but first responders must prepare for a mass casualty incident in the event that it occurs. On Tuesday morning, Dorchester, Berkeley and Charleston counties all participated in the mock emergency drill at the Amenity Center in Westcott Plantation. "We are testing not only our ability to establish an organized command structure at the scene, across multiple jurisdictions and multiple agencies, but as well, the hospital's ability to handle this type of sudden surge," Doug Warren, Dorchester County EMS director said. (more…)
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Herald Independent
CHESTER – Flags around the county flew at half staff on Monday to honor Blackstock Fire Department Chief Brian Keith Hudson. Hudson unexpectedly passed away at his home Thursday after attending a fireman’s meeting. (more…)
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Island Packet
SUMTER – A 26-year-old Sumter man charged with murder after allegedly stealing a Port Royal fire truck, then striking and killing a pedestrian in February was indicted by a county grand jury last week. Indictments filed April 19 against Kalvin Hunt were among more than 200 handed down by the Beaufort County grand jury during its monthly session at the County Courthouse, according to the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office. (more…)
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LIVE5NEWS.com
SUMMERVILLE – We have new information on a toddler who drowned in Summerville. Charleston County says miscommunication led to a delay in crews getting to an emergency scene. A neighbor from the Summer Park subdivision called 911 last Friday when 2-year-old Sia Jarvis was found in a retention pond. Dorchester County EMS was already on the way to the hospital with the girl before Charleston County, the agency in charge of responding, even arrived. (more…)
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WYFF4.com
ANDERSON COUNTY – A father and daughter were killed Friday night in a wreck in Anderson County. It happened just after 8:30 p.m. on Highway 81 near Bagwell Road. (more…)
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ABCNews4.com
BEAUFORT – Two Beaufort High School students were killed in a single-car accident Saturday night. Officials with the South Carolina Highway Patrol say a 2009 Mitsubishi Sedan was traveling on Seaside Road when the 18-year-old driver lost control of the vehicle and the car went off the road, overturned and struck a tree. Both the driver and the teen riding in the passenger's seat died at the scene of the accident officials say happened at about 7:44 p.m. (more…)
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Post and Courier
YEMASSEE – A semi hauling six horses in a trailer overturned on the shoulder of Interstate 95 Wednesday night, trapping the animals inside as rescuers worked to free them in a downpour. Colleton County Fire and Rescue members freed five of the horses through holes they cut in the top of the enclosed trailer. A sixth horse had to be euthanized because of the severity of its injuries, Director Barry McRoy said. (more…)
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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…)
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…)
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 – 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.
- FF Struck and Killed on I-20
- Fire Chief Remembers Fallen FF
- Driver Charged in Fatal Wreck
- Driver in Deadly Wreck Had No License
HOLLY SPRINGS – A massive fire destroyed a home on Ben Hurt Road Extension tonight near Lyman Lake in Spartanburg County. Holly Springs Fire responded just before 7pm Saturday. Nine other fire departments joined the effort. Firefighters couldn't immediately provide details on whether anyone was home at the time of the fire. 7 On Your Side learned the Red Cross is assisting.
NEW YORK, NY – The Black Sunday Fire – January 23rd, 2005 – The Bronx blaze claimed the lives of FDNY Lt. Curtis W. Meyran, L27 – FF John G. Bellew, L27; critically injured FF Jeffrey Cool, R3 and Lt. Joseph DiBernardo, R3 and injured FF Brendan Cawley, L27 and FF Eugene Stolowski, L27. All 6 FF's were forced to jump from the 4th floor of an apartment building as they were trapped by the fire.
Another FDNY Brother died just 3 hours later in another fire, this time in Brooklyn, after being trapped in a basement during a residential fire. He was FF Richard T. Sclafani of L103.
Please remember the families, friends, and the FDNY on this tragic anniversary.
WEST FLORENCE – West Florence Fire Department is sad to announce the passing of former Chief Phillip Kennedy. Chief Kennedy became a member of West Florence Fire Department close to when the department was started in 1973. In 1975 he became chief of the department until he retired in 2005. He will be greatly missed by all!
LORIS – Preliminary autopsy results show that an Horry County man and his two grandsons died from smoke inhalation in a house fire, Horry County Deputy Coroner Tony Hendrick said. Hugh Elliott, 85, a World War II veteran, and his grandsons, Austin Daniel Elliott, 9, and Conner Lynn Elliott, 7, died from asphyxiation from carbon monoxide. (more…)
LAFAYETTE, GA – A former volunteer firefighter who was arrested in December 2010 for a slew of arsons in LaFayette, Ga., was indicted today on eight counts of arson. The Walker County grand jury indicted 34-year-old Melvin Chase in connection with a series of fires from 2005 to 2010, said LaFayette Police Sgt. Stacey Meeks.
LORIS – The names of the victims in Wednesday morning's fatal mobile home fire in Loris have been released. 85-year-old Grandfather Hugh Elliott, and Brothers Austin Daniel Elliott – 9, and Conner Lynn Elliott – 7 were killed in the tragic blaze at 3540 Lake Pond Road.
LORIS – Horry County Deputy Coroner Tony Hendrick has released the identities of the three people killed in a house fire just after midnight Wednesday.
Augusta, GA - Putting the heat on who will be Augusta's new fire chief…the city has narrowed the list of candidates to run the fire service to three, including Acting Chief Chris James. Now, Augusta Commissioners will get the chance to take a measure of the finalists.
PENDLETON – 63-year-old David Crenshaw, a veteran Firefighter and former Anderson County Sheriff, died this morning at a traffic accident. The 50+ year veteran responded to the scene of an accident at Highway 88 & Porter Road and was assisting EMS when he collapsed at the pump panel of a fire engine. Crenshaw was taken to AnMed Health where he was pronounced dead at 7:55 am.
Anderson County Fire Chief Billy Gibson says Crenshaw was a founding member and served with the Pendleton Volunteer Fire Dept since 1962. He had been the Pendleton Fire Chief for 21 + years.
We will be posting more information as it becomes available.
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