From staff reports
Just past 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 18, the Burton Fire District, MCAS Beaufort Fire and Emergency Services, and Beaufort County EMS and Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported house fire on Laurel Street East after a neighbor, a retired Burton firefighter, saw flames spreading up the side of a single-wide mobile home. The neighbor alerted the family to the fire allowing them to escape and called 911.
Firefighters arrived on scene, reported a working fire, and quickly advanced a hose line to extinguish the fire as it spread up the side of the home and was entering the roof area. Firefighters checked the inside of the home and found no significant fire extension allowing the family to return to the home. Firefighters removed two parakeets from inside the home that were a bit excited but healthy.
Burton Fire District is investigating the fire.
