Explosion Causes House Fire in Mount Pleasant
An explosion triggered a house fire in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on Monday afternoon. Local authorities are investigating the cause of the incident, with further details on injuries or the extent of property damage not yet released.
- The incident occurred on the 900 block of Simmons Street in Mount Pleasant. - In a separate incident in Mount Pleasant, a fire in a multi-family building on Walnut Street resulted in three people being hospitalized for smoke inhalation and damage to eight housing units. - Another fire in Mount Pleasant, which took place at a downtown business on West Broadway Street, caused damage to two businesses but resulted in no injuries. - Investigations into a fatal house fire in the Dunes West community of Mount Pleasant last year determined that the fire was not intentional. - A house fire in Mount Pleasant, believed to have been started by a lightning strike, was quickly extinguished with no reported injuries. - In a previous year, a six-year-old child alerted her family to a house fire in Mount Pleasant, allowing them to escape safely from a home with non-working smoke detectors. - The Mount Pleasant Fire Department has been in service since 1837 and serves the community with seven fire stations.
