Lexington County Fire Services

Crash on St. Andrews Road results in multiple and critical injuries

Crews from the Irmo Fire District and Lexington County EMS were on the scene of a collision Monday evening in the 4000 block of St Andrew’s Road, near the rail crossing. Several lanes were blocked. There were multiple and critical injuries. (IFD photo)

Read More >>

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 […]

Read More >>

6 displaced after Lexington County fire caused by heater too close to combustibles

Lexington County Fire Service units along with units from Irmo Fire District, Columbia-Richland Fire and Newberry County Fire responded to a residential structure fire in the 600 block of Meadowlark Rd of Chapin just after 5 a.m. on Friday. Six residents have been displaced and are receiving assistance from American Red Cross. No injuries were […]

Read More >>

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 […]

Read More >>

Maurice’s Piggie Park BBQ building in West Columbia burns Saturday night

Maurice’s Piggie Park BBQ in West Columbia caught on fire Saturday night. West Columbia Fire Department Fire crews with Cayce Fire, Lexington County Fire Service, CFD, Columbia Fire and Irmo Fire units were on the scene in the 1600 block of Charleston Hwy.The distribution center, food processing facility and offices behind the restaurant burned around […]

Read More >>

Lexington County emergency crews on the scene of an overturned gas tanker on I-20 on-ramp

The Lexington County Fire Service, South Carolina Highway Patrol, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, and Lexington County EMS were on the scene, Tuesday afternoon, of a gasoline tanker roll over. The overturned truck was blocking the entrance ramp onto I-20 eastbound from Pond Branch Road. There were no injuries and it was an active scene at […]

Read More >>

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. […]

Read More >>

Lexington County Sheriff’s Department issues an update regarding man found stabbed to death inside a burning house on Saturday

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department issued an update after a man was found stabbed to death inside a burning house on Saturday night in Lexington County. The sheriff’s department said there is no ongoing threat to the community on Oak Ridge Lane. Click here for initial article At the time of the fire, investigators found […]

Read More >>