Incident # 21-07925 - A trash fire got out of control in the 200 block of Advent Road north of Smoaks Thursday afternoon 04-November destroying a storage building and a truck. At 13:07, Fire-Rescue was dispatched to the location advising that a storage building and a vehicle were on fire. Units arrived to find the yard on fire, a fully involved approx.12x12 storage building, a fully involved pickup truck and a second vehicle with damage. Crews deployed multiple hand lines to combat the fire, having it under control within 15 minutes. The homeowner had been burning trash in a 55 gallon drum. The fire spread from the drum to dry grass, setting the yard on fire. The fire spread to the storage building and the vehicles. The building and its contents were lost. No injuries were reported Fire-Rescue units were on the scene for 1-1.2 hours.
Engine 3, Engine 7, Engine 18, Tender 7, Tender 18, Tender 26, Tender 27, Medic 13, Medic 18, Medic 26, Battalion 1, Car 101, Car 105, Car 109, Car 118 and Car 119 responded. Firefighter-EMT Rob Loflin served as Incident Commander. A Tender from the nearby Hunters Chapel Fire Dept. in Bamberg County also responded.
Photos by Harold Buzzell
