Fire damages two structures used for paintball center

Photos Courtesy: Columbia Fire Department

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — A fire at a commercial property on Fairfield Road caused significant damages to two structures.

According to the Columbia Fire Department, its 1st Shift crews responded to the scene at around 12:30 p.m. The site is used by a paintball center for servicing their paintball guns.

Upon arrival firefighters say they found a small residential structure fully on fire as well as a nearby shed that contained several tanks of carbon dioxide.

Crews began a defensive operation to knock the fire down and extinguish it.

No civilians were injured. One firefighter did sustain a minor injury and he is expected to be okay.

The fire has been ruled an accident as it got started while a staffer at the center was refueling a generator on the property.

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