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.
