Storz
02-21-2010, 07:45 AM
LAKE MURRAY, SC (WIS) - Firefighters don't think there was anything suspicious about a fire that destroyed a Lake Murray house Saturday morning, less than a mile away from the site of an intentionally set mansion fire last weekend.
Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins said the fire started around 10:00am at a two-story house on Point de Haven Drive and was fully involved when Columbia firefighters got there.
Irmo firefighters joined Columbia's as they battled the blaze, and Richland County deputies also brought a boat with a water pump.
Jenkins said firefighters had trouble because the nearest fire hydrant was about 2,100 feet away, but the trucks' hoses reach about half that distance.
Jenkins said the owners of the Point de Haven Drive house were out of town when the fire started, and the home was totally destroyed -- about half a million dollars in damage.
The fire was less than a mile away from Brantley Manor, which burned down last Sunday morning. The Richland County Fire Marshal ruled the Brantley Manor fire as arson, but officials haven't named any suspects in the blaze.
Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins said so far there's no evidence that the Point de Haven Drive fire was suspicious or in any way related to the Brantley Manor fire.
The Richland County Fire Marshal is still investigating the cause of the Point de Haven Drive fire.
Lets analize this for a second..you have a fire next to Lake Murray and you are worried about a Hydrant? I guess if someone would have looked past the fire, they would have seen all the water they needed.....
Portable pumps, drafting from boat ramps
Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins said the fire started around 10:00am at a two-story house on Point de Haven Drive and was fully involved when Columbia firefighters got there.
Irmo firefighters joined Columbia's as they battled the blaze, and Richland County deputies also brought a boat with a water pump.
Jenkins said firefighters had trouble because the nearest fire hydrant was about 2,100 feet away, but the trucks' hoses reach about half that distance.
Jenkins said the owners of the Point de Haven Drive house were out of town when the fire started, and the home was totally destroyed -- about half a million dollars in damage.
The fire was less than a mile away from Brantley Manor, which burned down last Sunday morning. The Richland County Fire Marshal ruled the Brantley Manor fire as arson, but officials haven't named any suspects in the blaze.
Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins said so far there's no evidence that the Point de Haven Drive fire was suspicious or in any way related to the Brantley Manor fire.
The Richland County Fire Marshal is still investigating the cause of the Point de Haven Drive fire.
Lets analize this for a second..you have a fire next to Lake Murray and you are worried about a Hydrant? I guess if someone would have looked past the fire, they would have seen all the water they needed.....
Portable pumps, drafting from boat ramps