An update to a story we first told you about last Friday night, a partial settlement has been reached in lawsuits stemming from last year’s furniture store fire which killed nine Charleston firefighters.

Tami Brock was so moved by the sacrifice firefighters in Charleston made after the furniture store fire that claimed 9 of their own, she commissioned sculptures to honor the fallen and had them placed at each victim’s fire station.

Florida’s Broward Sheriff Office put on their annual demonstration of what can happen if you don’t deep fry a turkey properly, especially if you use a propane gas powered fryer.

American Red Cross volunteers were called to the scene of a home fire in Ridgeville earlier this morning. The Red Cross is providing financial assistance to two adults for food and clothing lost in the fire, and replacement of lost medicines and eye glasses. This house fire represents the 10th Lowcountry fire in the past week that Red Cross volunteers have been called to assist victims of house fires.

Horry County Fire Rescue spokesman Todd Cartner told The Sun News of Myrtle Beach that a man was pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital Monday morning.

News 2 is on the scene of a mobile home fire on Waldman Street, near Otranto, in North Charleston’s Deer Park subdivision.

Fire danger increases today because of low humidity and gusty winds.

An upstate family barely escaped a fire that spread from their chimney.  It started while they slept Tuesday morning. 

Stacks of charred bricks, blackened shells of cars and burned tree trunks are all that remain in much of a Los Angeles community some residents once called the “Beverly Hills of mobile home parks.“
   

As cool temperatures embrace the Charleston area, The Charleston Fire Department offer some safety tips.

The fire started in one mobile unit at the Kiawah Development Partners business offices off Beach Walker Drive.

Fire officials say wind of “near hurricane force” has grounded some of their water-dropping aircraft as they battle a wildfire that has burned at least 10 homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate in northern Los Angeles.

A fire chief in Santa Barbara, California, says control of a wildfire that’s destroyed more than 100 homes is “not even in sight.“

The devices were purchased with an $18,000 grant from Wachovia Insurance Services and the Firemen’s Fund Insurance Company.

Capt. Bill Shivar said firefighters were called about 8:35 p.m. Sunday and brought the fire under control.