Columbia Fire officials are working to determine the cause of an apartment fire in Southeast Richland County. It happened at Lakeshore Village Apartments, located at 7645 Garners Ferry Road. Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins says they believe the fire started on the first flood of that apartment complex. Officials say of the 16 units in that complex, eight were severely…
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina Department of Education is assembling a team to investigate why Beaufort County has been the site of half of the state’s school bus fires so far this school year. Agency spokesman Dino Teppara tells The Island Packet of Hilton Head that a group of Columbia transportation officials and state staff will conduct a…
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Columbia,S.C., (WOLO) — Columbia opened up their training facility this weekend giving some area students and thrill seekers and up close and personal training on the work that goes on behind the scenes of being a firefighter. Click here to see how some of the students were burning rubber during the event. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Fire, Rochelle…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Hundreds of firefighters from across the state came to the S.C. Fire Academy for the biggest training event of the year. Watch the video to learn more about the hands-on weekend. Categories: Local News, News, Richland Tags: Fire
COLUMBIA, SC ( WOLO ) – -According to officials, One person is dead and one dog died in a fire Saturday on Jupiter Rd, off Platt Springs road in Springdale. Officials say two other occupants in the home are being treated. The fire started around 7:30am. The Fire is under control. Springdale Police are investigating. Count on ABC Columbia News…
LORIS, S.C. (AP) _ Horry County authorities are investigating after one person was killed and a second hospitalized in a mobile home fire in Loris. Fire Chief Jerry Hardee tells local media outlets that a man was hurt as he tried to rescue the woman and his children from the home about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. The woman died while the…
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A man convicted of setting a fire that killed his grandparents will serve two life sentences plus 30 years. The Sumter Item reports that a Sumter County jury convicted Joseph Manners on Thursday of arson and murder in the 2013 fire. Prosecutors said Manners used gasoline to set the fire that killed 79-year-old Joann Topper and…
