Colleton County Fire-Rescue
05/04/2018
04/May/2018 – Structure Fire – “B” shift Incident # 18-03139 – Firefighters saved a home at 315
Enterprise Street Friday morning 04-May. At 08:27, 9-1-1 received a report
that the home was on fire and the caller could see flames coming from a
window and a car was in the yard. Engine 19 arrived to find the single story
residential dwelling with heavy smoke visible and flames on the Delta side
and in the attic. Crews forced entry through the front door and deployed two
1-3/4 handlines to the interior of the building. They made a rapid search of
the building to insure no one was inside. Conditions quickly worsened as two
rooms flashed over and both interior crews were evacuated from the building.
Firefighters began an exterior attack on the fire and after knocking down
the flames, reentered the structure to extinguish the remainder of the fire.
They had the fire under control within 20 minutes, saving most of the
structure. Two rooms and a portion of the attic suffered heavy fire damage,
but the remainder of the home suffered smoke and heat damage. No one was
injured in the fire. Water supply was handled with Tenders pumping truck to
truck. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Units were on the scene
for three hours. Engine 1, Engine 19, Tender 1, Tender 19, Tender 26,
Tender 27, Medic 1, Medic 19, Battalion 1, Car 112, Car 118 and Car 119
responded. Battalion Chief Brent Dalton served as Incident Commander. |
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