Colleton County Fire-Rescue
2/2/2009
Stations 9, 5, 19, 24, 27
responded to a structure fire at 1606 Coolers Dairy Road at 0720, Monday
02-February. A school bus driver reported seeing flames at the home as
she worked her route. The house was located in an isolated area and sat
about 200 feet off of the road behind some trees. Engine 19 arrived to
find the singlewide mobile completely destroyed and barely smoldering.
The crew had to cut a lock on the gate to gain access to the property.
Most of the fire had burned out well over an hour before the fire was
reported. Evidently the fire occurred during the night and burned
undetected until morning. Firefighters used a winch from Battalion 1 to
remove most of the roof and then manually moved the remainder of the
metal roof. A booster line was used to cool down the remaining ashes and
extinguish a power service pole that was still burning. All incoming
units except two Tenders were cancelled. The home was not occupied. Fire
units were on the scene for 1-1/2 hours. Engine 19, Tender 19, Tender
27, Medic 27, Battalion 1 and Truck 12 responded. Assistant Chief David
Greene served as Incident Commander. |
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