Irmo Fire District and Columbia Fire Department responded to an apartment fire at The Lory of Harbison, Wednesday morning.

Smoke was seen coming from the roof of the building off of Fairforest Road when firefighters first arrived shortly before 10:45 a.m.
All occupants of the building escaped safely. Three tenants of the apartment where the fire broke out were treated on the scene by Richland County EMS and released.

Crews entered the apartment, extinguished the fire and brought a cat and dog in the unit out to safety. Unfortunately a third pet did not survive the incident.

The unit where the fire started was left with significant damages. One apartment below was also damaged by water. A total of eight people in the building have been left displaced.
The fire was caused by unattended cooking in the upstairs apartment. Columbia Fire Department Photos