Columbia Richland Fire Chief Aubrey D. Jenkins officially confirmed 20 new firefighters for the department as members of the 2019-02 Columbia Richland Fire Recruit Class graduated on the evening of January 23, 2020. Each recruit was badged by Chief Jenkins at a ceremony held inside the Denny Auditorium on the campus of the South Carolina […]
Roughly 20 people were left displaced following two fires that broke out in the same building at Lexington Green Condominiums. One of the fires reached a 2-alarm status and destroyed several condos on the top floor of the building on the morning of Sunday, August 25, 2019. All occupants were able to escape the building […]
Sixteen people were left displaced by a massive 2-alarm fire that ripped through several homes on Founders Lake Court on July 30, 2019. About 50 responders with Columbia Richland Fire were called out to the scene. The first crews to arrive found heavy fire in three homes. Two adjacent properties were also damaged due to […]
Nearly a dozen Columbia Richland fire crews responded to northeast Richland County on May 31, 2019 after an apartment building fire reached 2-alarm status. Nobody was injured when the fire ripped through six units of a building at Killian Lakes Apartments and Townhomes. Roughly 50 members of the department were called out to the complex […]
An early afternoon 2-alarm fire on May 21, 2019 had Columbia Richland Fire crews racing to a hotel near Two Notch Road and I-20. The 3-floor La Qunita Inn had heavy fire on the rear side of the building by the time firefighters got on scene. Early arriving crews quickly got water on the flames. […]
A fire that authorities believe was intentionally set left two homes on Greene Street in Columbia badly damaged on May 14, 2019. CFD crews responded to the homes on the 1700 block of Greene Street just before 6:30 a.m. Heavy fire was found to be coming through the roof of one of the homes and […]
A 2-alarm fire left an apartment building off of Harbison Boulevard badly damaged on the night of April 6, 2019. Thankfully there were no injuries to firefighters or civilians. CFD crews responded to Harbison Gardens along Columbiana Drive shortly after 8:30 p.m. After arriving on scene responders would call for a second alarm. About 18 […]