New details released about multiple fires in North Augusta in one day

NORTH AUGUSTA, SC (WRDW/WAGT) – We’ve learned more about the many fires North Augusta public safety officials and firefighters responded to in one day.

On Nov. 4, officers said all stations and all units were dispatched at 6:48 a.m. to a report of heavy smoke in the area of W Martintown Road and Hammond Drive.

Officials said public safety units arrived on scene and reported a brush fire behind Tip Toes and Taps, located at Martintownweg 452 W.

Engine 1 arrived on scene and a handline was used to extinguish the fire. According to the report, all units have cleared the scene and returned to service.

The cause of the ignition was accidental and no one was injured, officials said.

Then at 9:24 a.m., officers said they were dispatched to a house fire in the 600 block of Seymour Drive.

Crews reported smoke coming from a small crawl space at the bottom of the house, indicating a likely crawl space fire.

The fire was later discovered in a dryer, causing smoke to fill the crawl space through a dryer vent, but there was no fire in the crawl space, officials said.

The cause of the ignition was an equipment malfunction and no one was injured, according to the report.

Also on Monday around 6:30 p.m., the GVW fire brigade reported that they responded to a forest fire earlier in the day. The fire appears to have been started by an uncontrolled fire during land clearing, officials said.

We reached out to see if the two wildfires were related.

Belvedere crews battle fire caused by burning debris