HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) --Horry County Fire Rescue was dispatched to four-acre fire in the area of M W Stroud Road and Hardwick Road in the Nichols area. Fire officials were dispatched to the fire at about 7:14 p.m., and the South Carolina Forestry Commission is assisting with a plow as firefighters work to contain []
A downed power line ignited dry grass, causing a nearly 180-acre fire northeast of Galeton earlier this month. Galeton Fire Chief Russ Kane credits oil infrastructure and well-maintained properties for helping crews get the blaze under control in less than two hours.
The alert requested drivers stay away from the area near the Whitley County line for at least two hours.
There will be some traffic closures near the Sedgwick County Adult Detention Facility for the next two weeks while crews work to install a secondary water line. Crews are starting an excavation project to install a secondary
The fire at the Market Lake Wildlife Management Area near Roberts is now fully contained. According to the Roberts Fire Department Chief, Jerry Vanleuven, over 100 acres of land was burned in the field. The fire was caused after a controlled fire got out of hand, due to windy conditions. No one was reported injured in the fire. Crews will continue to monitor the field this evening, while conducting spot checks around the perimeter.
Two cars were damaged Thursday evening in Kansas City’s Brookside neighborhood after catching fire due to downed power lines.
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- An Horry County home was destroyed and a vehicle heavily damaged in a Saturday afternoon fire outside of Conway, officials said. Horry County Fire Rescue crews were sent to the area of Ivy Road about 1:45 p.m. for reports of "multiple structures" ablaze. Three firefighters sustained non life-threatening injuries, and []
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- Six people were sent to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after a three-vehicle crash in the Longs area, Horry County Fire Rescue said. It happened along E. Highway 9 near Charter Drive, HCFR said. One of the vehicles involved hit a sign. Crews were dispatched at 12:23 p.m. The South Carolina []
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- Fire caused heavy damage to a vacant mobile home in the Aynor area Tuesday afternoon, at least the ninth residential blaze in Horry County since Friday, authorities said. The latest fire happened at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 6000 block of Louisville Road, and there were no injuries, according []
Multiple fire departments are fighting a large fire in rural Ingham County.
BATON ROUGE - A crew of firefighters put out flames coming from an unoccupied trailer along Hoo Shoo Too Road on Saturday evening. The St. George Fire Department said an unoccupied trailer caught fire around 6:45 p.m. and firefighters were able to control the fire within 30 minutes of arrival. No injuries were reported and the cause has not been determined. Permalink| Comments
Over a dozen fire departments were called to extinguish a wind-fueled wildfire that burned around 60 acres of land near two Lindenhurst neighborhoods Sunday afternoon. The Lake Villa Fire Protection District responded around 12:10 p.m. Sunday to the 1800 block of Prairie Ridge Circle in Lindenhurst for a report of a grass fire. Firefighters arrived […]