COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia-Richland Fire Department officials say homes were damaged by separate fires that happened in Richland County on Saturday morning.
The first of the fires happened around 1:30 a.m. on Park Shore Drive West north of Columbia. According to a spokesperson for the department, the house was heavily damaged but there were no injuries reported.
Authorities didn't know specifically how many people live in the home but said that multiple people appear to have been displaced.
Another house fire was reported much later around 10:30 a.m. on Martin Carter Road in Hopkins. Fire officials said the fire started in the bedroom area. No one was injured in this fire either.
And while not involving a home, Columbia-Richland firefighters soon found themselves at yet another fire around 11 a.m., this one involving a vacant building along Bull Street. No one was reported injured in the fire or the response.
The Richland County Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of all three fires.
