Columbia Fire Department

Irmo Fire District, with assistance from the Columbia Fire Department, extinguish residential structure fire, Tuesday morning

Irmo Fire District units, with assistance from the Columbia Fire Department were on the scene of a residential structure fire in the 100 block of Twisted Hill Road Tuesday morning.Fire damage was limited to one room, and the rest of the house suffered smoke damage.There were no injuries. The house’s smoke alarms went off and […]

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Irmo Fire District, Columbia Fire respond after debris catches fire on apartment building roof

Irmo Fire District crews assisted the Columbia Fire Department, Tuesday afternoon, after debris caught fire on the roof of an apartment building near Broad River Road. Firefighters stopped the situation from getting out of hand and crews were able to put the flames out quickly. The fire did not extend into the building. (Amir Anthony […]

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Irmo Fire, with Columbia Fire Department, extinguish blaze in a garage, no injuries

Irmo Fire District crews, along with the Columbia Fire Department, contained a garage fire in the 400 block of Flint Street, Monday. Quick work by firefighters kept the fire contained to the garage. The fire did not spread into the house. There were no injuries, damage was limited to the contents of the garage, and […]

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Irmo Fire District and Columbia Fire Department respond to Friday night apartment fire

Irmo Fire District crews and the Columbia Fire Department worked to contain a 2-Alarm fire that broke out at Tropical Ridge Apartments off of Stoneridge Drive Friday night. Crews responded shortly after 10 p.m. to reports of an apartment fire and immediately called for a 2nd Alarm to the scene as fire was working through […]

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Irmo Fire crews, with firefighters from West Columbia, Lexington County, and Columbia put out fire on St. Andrews Road early Friday

Irmo Fire District crews, along with firefighters from the West Columbia, Lexington County and City of Columbia fire departments, fought a stubborn structure fire in an abandoned restaurant at St Andrew’s Road and Woodland Hills Road, early Friday morning. The fire was reported just before midnight. First arriving crews found heavy fire throughout the building […]

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Maurice’s Piggie Park BBQ pits, food prep, processing plant facilities, and offices are a total loss, will work to rebuild

A message below published by the Piggy Park Family: (Click here for a link to message on FB) “We are absolutely devastated to share that we suffered a horrible fire last night at our headquarters at Maurice’s Piggie Park, 1601 Charleston Highway, West Columbia. The BBQ Pits, food preparation and processing plant facilities, and our […]

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Home on Lake Murray damaged by fire, Friday morning, Irmo, Columbia Fire Departments respond

Columbia Fire Department and Irmo Fire District crews responded to a house fire Friday morning at a home on Lake Murray. Crews were dispatched to the home on Ballentine Estates Road shortly after 10:30 a.m. They arrived on the scene to find visible smoke and heavy fire in the rear of the structure. The fire […]

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Fire crews from Irmo, Lexington County and Columbia respond to fire at assisted living facility

Units from the Irmo Fire District responded a structure fire early Tuesday morning in an assisted living facility in the 900 block of Columbia Avenue. Fire and EMS crews worked to evacuate residents and extinguish the fire. Fire damage was limited to a laundry room and did not extend into the rest of the structure. […]

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