A fire was discovered in a residence on Green Pond Hwy., Tuesday, February 9th. Several Colleton County Fire-Rescue units were already responding to a woods fire on nearby Rodeo Drive and diverted to the structure fire. First Responders arrived to find heavy smoke conditions and fire coming from the roof of the singlewide mobile home. The fire had burned vertically up the side of the structure and entered the attic space. The roof burned off the building over one bedroom, but firefighters were able to stop the fire and the spread through the attic space by pulling the ceilings down in several places to reach the fire burning in the attic space. No injuries were reported during the incident. The family was displaced due to the damage to the home, but most personal items were saved. The cause appears to have been a heating lamp being used in a doghouse located next to the building. The fire destroyed the doghouse and spread to the adjacent mobile home. Crews were on the scene for two hours.
