Firefighters battle house fire in southwest Columbia
UPDATE 12 p.m.: According to a press release, fire investigators are looking into what caused the fire and where it started.
UPDATE 7 a.m.: Columbia fire crews at the scene said it is the department’s understanding that no one was home when a house caught fire early Sunday morning in southwest Columbia.
Officials said a neighbor called in the house fire around 4:03 a.m. when they saw flames coming from the roof of the house.
Fire officials said when the first crews got to the scene the house was 80 percent involved and crews made their way through the remaining 20 percent to see if anyone was home. They said they didn’t find anyone and there were no cars in the driveway or garage, so they don’t believe anyone was home.
A neighbor told ABC 17 they didn’t believe anyone was home either.
Ten units from Columbia Fire responded to the call.
It took one hour to get the fire under control and it was out around 6 a.m.
ORIGINAL: Columbia firefighters are at the scene of a house fire in southwest Columbia.
According to online dispatch records, crews were called to the 5400 block of Chamois Drive around 4 a.m. Sunday.
Columbia firefighters tweeted a photo showing that the single-story home is fully engulfed with flames.
Columbia Fire Department is working a residential structure fire in the 5400 block of Chamois Dr. pic.twitter.com/wHLZx52oYy
— Columbia_Fire (@Columbia_Fire) February 3, 2019
ABC 17 News crews at the scene said the area is filled with smoke. They said they could see the fire from three miles away.
This is a developing story and will update once more information is available.
