Incident # 24-00392 - A Islandton workshop in the 16900 block of Sniders Hwy (SC Hwy 63) was destroyed Saturday morning 13-January. At 10:52, 9-1-1 received a report of the fire advising the building was well involved. Units from Station 15 in Islandton could see the column of smoke from the station two miles away. Engine 15 arrived to find the 50x50 block building fully involved with a portion of the roof already collapsed. Firefighters deployed multiple handlines to the building. Shortly after arrival, the remainder of the roof collapsed. A grass fire had ignited and was burning toward a camper on the property which was used as a residence. The roof of the camper was also on fire. Down power lines hampered the effort to reach the camper, but firefighters were able to extinguish the flames on the camper with little damage to the camper. Crews worked for 30 minutes to extinguish the building fire. A local farmer brought a tractor, equipped with loading forks, to the scene and used the forks to remove the heavy metal roof, so Firefighters could extinguish the flames under the roof. Crews were on the scene for three and half hours performing overhaul. It appears the cause of the fire was a space heater in the building. No one was injured during the incident. Traffic on Sniders Hwy was blocked during the incident.
Engine 10, Engine 15, Engine 18, Tender 13, Tender 15, Tender 18, Tender 26, Tender 29, Medic 7, Medic 13, Medic 18, Battalion 1, Car 101 and Car 111 responded. Captain Matthew Owen Williams, Jr. served as Incident Commander.
