Brush fire burns down house

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By HEATHER RUPPE

The sound of an explosion prompted neighbors along Cedar Creek Road to call 911, which led firefighters to a fully-involved house fire.

The fire occurred on Wednesday, Feb. 24th at about 11:30 a.m., in the 600-block of Cedar Creek Road. Firefighters found a woods fire and a house that had already collapsed by the time they arrived. Additionally, almost one acre of land had burned and two cars were on fire.

According to Barry McRoy, director of Colleton County Fire-Rescue, a 150-gallon LP Tank was “venting,” which was sending flames about 15 feet into the air.

“The structure was actually two singlewide mobile homes that were placed together to form a doublewide and had a secondary roof installed over both structures. The roof had collapsed, so firefighters had to remove both metal roofs to reach the burning materials underneath,” he said.

“Neighbors reported someone had been burning brush earlier in the day. It appeared the brush fire burned through a small field to the mobile home and vehicles.”

Another single-wide mobile home nearby on the property was not damaged in the blaze and no one was injured.