House Fire Hospitalizes Two SC Firefighters

March 22, 2019
The Columbia firefighters suffered non-life-threatening injuries Thursday tackling the blaze, which took crews around an hour to get under control.

Two Columbia firefighters were hurt Thursday while battling a blaze at a home near Rockyford Lake, according to a Tweet from the local fire department.

Crews were working at a house fire on the 6100 block of Crabtree Road at about 3:30 p.m. when the firefighters were injured, according to the Tweets.

The first responders were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Tweets.

Firefighters had the blaze under control at about 4:30 p.m., according to a Tweet. The home appeared to be empty when fire crews arrived, and it sustained heavy damages.

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