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A dog was saved thanks to a telephone company worker, and that of a neighbor of the house that was on fire this past Monday, April 10.
Officials with Colleton County Fire-Rescue (CCFR) said a Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc. (PRTC) worker was making an installation in the 5900 block of Peirce Road around 10:45 a.m., when he and a neighbor from next door to the home next door heard smoke alarms.
The neighbor reportedly knew that no one was home at the time, but that there was a dog inside the home. The PRTC employee forced open the front door and the dog escaped uninjured, officials said.
CCFR crews arrived minutes later to find a chair burning in the den and carried it outside before extinguishing the fire.
Officials said it is believed the fire may have been started by a cigarette.
“Residents are reminded that smoke detectors provide early warning to fires and in this case alerted people next door,” officials said. “Fire-Rescue provides and installs free smoke alarms to residents in the County Fire District at no charge.”
Crews remained on the scene for about an hour.
