Multi-alarm fire guts store

COLLETON COUNTY – Stations 3, 4, 7, 18, 19, 23 and 26 responded to a commercial structure fire at the P and D Grocery Store located at 27499 Lowcountry Hwy in the Town of Smoaks, Sunday morning 6-December at 0420. Engine 18 arrived to find heavy fire conditions inside the structure and the roof at [...]

Fire destroys Conway home

CONWAY - A fire that started about 10 a.m. destroyed a single-wide mobile home Wednesday morning.
Horry County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Matthew Montgomery said the fire broke out in the living room of the house, and firefighters are still investigating a cause of the blaze at 5056 Huckleberry Lane in the Horry County portion of Conway. [...]

Everything lost in blaze

DORCHESTER – One spark Tuesday morning took everything from Brooke Duncan and her three children. Their home and everything inside — clothes, furniture and Christmas presents — were destroyed by a fire that started just hours after they finished moving in.
“Everything is gone,” a teary Duncan said. “Everything.”
Dorchester Volunteer Fire Chief John Poole said the mobile [...]

DCFD investigated by SLED

DILLON - The State Law Enforcement Division continues to investigate the actions of several Dillon County firefighters amid allegations of misconduct in office.
SLED agents launched the investigation more than a month ago after receiving a request from the state Attorney General’s Office, SLED public information officer Jennifer Timmons said. READ MORE

Evacs caused by fire

LEE COUNTY – Deputies have called for a voluntary evacuation of residents living near a huge fire.
Major Daniel Simon says firefighters are battling a fire inside a man-made pit off of Red Hill Road about three miles south of I-20.
Simon says the fire has been burning since 3:00 p.m. Monday, but they have no idea [...]

No cause for fatal fire

NEWBERRY – Newberry fire officials tell WIS News 10 a 63-year-old man has died in a house fire.
The Newberry Coroner’s Office has identified the man as Jerry Wilson of Newberry. He lived at the home.
Newberry Fire Chief Keith Minick says the fatal fire was on Hill Street around 1:15am Sunday. Minick adds that the cause [...]

Man, 35, injured in fire

ANDERSON – A 35-year-old Anderson man was airlifted to an Augusta hospital early Monday after he woke to find himself surrounded by flames in the living room of his home.
Anderson County firefighters found the man, whose identity was not available Monday, lying in the front yard of his neighbor’s property around 3 a.m. He had [...]

Fire destroys Rochester store

Rochester firefighters today continue douse the charred and smoldering plaza on North Clinton Avenue in Rochester.
Deputy Chief Scotty Williams of the Rochester Fire Department today said two city fire companies remained at the plaza, 1731 N. Clinton Ave., and doused hot spots throughout the night.
The quick-moving fire that started in the paper goods section of [...]

Chief resigns, squad investigated

Honea Path – The town of Honea Path now is responsible for managing its rescue squad following the resignation of the squad’s chief, Tommy Crawford, on Thursday night.
The town council unanimously voted Friday to turn the squad’s day-to-day operations and budget over to the town, according to a statement by Honea Path Mayor Earl Lollis [...]

Engine 11 back in action

Recommissioned firetruck honors firefighters ‘Past, Present & Future’
By Dave Munday of The Post and Courier
An old firetruck has come back to life with a new mission.
Engine 11, a 1961 Mack C-85 pumper, retired in 1991 after three decades of service in Charleston.
It was recommissioned Sunday afternoon — gleaming with fresh paint and fully reupholstered — not to [...]

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