From staff reports
Just before 4 p.m. Saturday, Burton firefighters responded to a reported grass fire in the rear of a home in the Audubon Woods community. The 911 caller stated that the fire had spread from his neighbor’s home onto his property and was endangering his shed.
Firefighters quickly arrived on scene and were able to extinguish the fire just as the flames were extending up the shed’s side and into the shed.
The fire started when an illegal unattended trash fire in the neighboring home spread across that yard, extending onto the property of this residence, and to the shed.
No injures were reported, and damages were limited to the shed’s structure.
Burton fire officials state that this kind of fire, which spreads from one yard to the next, is common, and some have even damaged neighboring homes.
It is illegal to burn trash in Beaufort County, and all yard fires need to be constantly attended as well as within the rules stated in the Beaufort County Outdoor Burning Ordinance.
