At approximately 0410 this morning central dispatch alerted Sardis-Timmonsville to a vehicle fire at Ard Trucking on Alligator rd. While en route the information was updated to 2 trucks on fire inside the shop area. ST-1 arrived to find thick black smoke showing from all sides of the commercial structure. Engine 421 arrived and an aggressive interior attack was begun in near zero visibility conditions. Using a thermal imaging camera, the fire was located about 150 feet inside the building, and was extinguished. Both trucks were a total loss but multiple other vehicles in the building were not harmed. The building sustained smoke and heat damage.
Units on scene: Engine 421, Engine 411, Tanker 426, Service 418, Command 410, Command 420. Chief Jeff Dennis was Incident Commander.
Great job by the volunteers of Sardis-Timmonsville.
Sardis-Timmonsville Fire Department
Serving since 1982
