BEAUFORT, S.C. (WSAV) -- Early Saturday afternoon, the Burton Fire District, MCAS Fire and Emergency Services, and Beaufort County EMS responded to a reported fire in the Lakeview Mobile Home Park off Joe Frazier Road in Burton.
Just after 1:00 p.m., emergency crews responded to a reported cooking fire in the Lakeview
Mobile Home Park off Joe Frazier Road. Fire crews arrived on scene to a single wide mobile home with smoke coming from the front door. Fire crews entered the home and found flames
burning on the stove and spreading up through the cabinets in the kitchen. Firefighters were
able to quickly extinguish the fire while searching the home for occupants but finding no one
inside.
Damage was confined to the stove and cabinets; however, there was smoke damage
throughout the home. Power to the home had to be shut off. A family of three adults and an
infant were displaced. Red Cross was notified to assist.
The home had smoke alarms; however, they were old and did not operate. Burton fire officials
remind landlords and property owners that it is their responsibility by law to ensure that their
rentals have working smoke alarms and that they are properly placed.
The is the 6th structure fire this year for the Burton Fire District as South Carolina is in its
deadliest time of year for fires.