5 residents, 4 dogs displaced after 2-alarm fire in northeast Columbia

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Crews with the Columbia-Richland Fire Department (CRFD) quelled the flames of a 2-Alarm fire in northeast Columbia.

According to CRFD, crews responded shortly after 3:15 Saturday afternoon to flames on Bradford Ridge Lane.

After arriving, firefighters found a home fully engulfed with fire, with the flames quickly spreading to two neighboring homes. CRFD says one of those two homes was already half involved.

Fire officials said two of the three homes affected are a total loss, while the last home was saved.

According to CRFD, no one was injured, but five people and four dogs were displaced in total.

An investigation determined the fire was caused by a candle that was being used to repel mosquitoes behind the home where the fire started.

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