By Delayna Earley
The Island News
The City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department battled a brush fire on Sunday, Dec. 22, in an empty lot across from the Goodwill on Parris Island Gateway.
Deputy Fire Chief Ross Vezin said two fire engines and a battalion chief responded to brush fire after it was called in around 1 p.m.
It took firefighters roughly an hour and a half to fight the fire on about 2-acres of land, and they called South Carolina Forestry to cut a fire break.
There were no injuries or damage or structural damage due to the fire.
The lot was believed to be a homeless camp, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation but the fire did start a good distance from where people were living in the camp per Vezin.
Delayna Earley, who joined The Island News in 2022, formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
