One person hospitalized after fire damages home in Irmo

One person was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after a fire tore through a home on Sweet Thorne Road, just off Kennerly Road, according to the Columbia-Richland Fire Department.

Crews from Columbia Fire’s 1st Shift, along with the Irmo Fire District, responded around 11:10 a.m. Authorities say firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from the property and heavy flames breaking through parts of the roof.

All occupants managed to escape before fire crews arrived. One person was transported by Richland County EMS for smoke inhalation…

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