Incident # 26-03337 - Fire-Rescue responded to the 9000 block of Augusta Highway for a reported structure fire. Engine 26 arrived moments later and reported a 10 x 10 shed fully involved and a spreading woods fire on both sides of Augusta Highway. Augusta Highway was closed and the South Carolina Forestry Commission was requested to respond a plow. Firefighters deployed multiple handlines to combat the fire. The fire was brought under control and extinguished. SCFC arrived on scene and deployed the plow to secure a line around both fires. The home sustained some heat damage, but the occupants were not displaced. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Photos by Harold Buzzell
Engine 26, Engine 5, Engine 36, Tender 17, Tender 18, Tender 7, Medic 7, Medic 18, Medic 26, C118, and C110 responded to the incident. Battalion Chief Brent Dalton served as the incident commander.
