CRFD: Columbia firefighters get parking garage fire under control

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The Columbia-Richland Fire Department said fire crews responded to an afternoon parking garage fire.

The fire happened in a parking garage on Assembly Street near Laurel Street.

According to a Twitter/X post on the fire department’s page, third-shift crews responded to a vehicle fire shortly after 1:30 p.m. when firefighters found a heavy fire load in the parking garage.

Two vehicles were reported as heavily damaged by the fire.

Two vehicles were heavily damaged by fire this afternoon inside a parking garage on Assembly Street near Laurel Street.@ColaFire 3rd Shift crews responded to a vehicle fire inside the structure shortly after 1:30 p.m. pic.twitter.com/z4h0mKItFW

— Columbia-Richland Fire Department (@ColaFire) October 30, 2023