COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins revealed the cause of an apartment fire that displaced 38 people on Tuesday.
Jenkins said the fire was accidental and started after a resident reportedly placed a towel in the oven for “medical purposes”. When the resident opened the oven door, the towel inside was on fire, and he was unable to extinguish it.
Fire alarms continued going off after the blaze ripped through an apartment building in the Broad River Trace complex on Tuesday afternoon. Crews worked on Wednesday to put out the remaining hot spots.
“I was absolutely devastated,” said Shandrea Foster, one of 38 people now without a home…