Gaffney Community Mourns After Four Killed in House Fire

Four people, including young child and baby, die in S.C. house fire

Four people, including an infant and a 4-year-old, were killed while trying to escape a South Carolina house fire that erupted early Sunday after an attempt to refuel a kerosene heater went awry, authorities said. Fire had already engulfed the house when Kathy Shippy, the only person to escape, ran across the street at 1:40 a.m. Sunday and got a neighbor to call 911, Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said in a statement to local media. “A do…

Gaffney community mourns after four killed in house fire

GAFFNEY, S.C. - A devastating overnight fire has left a small Gaffney community mourning the loss of four people, including two children. "Terrible. It was smoking up, in flames. I mean, the whole house was like just a bottle of smoke," neighbor Julia Wright said. Chief of Gaffney Fire Department, Jamie Caggiano, said crews were called to East Third Street early Sunday morning for a house fire. When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke a…

2 young children among 4 killed in Upstate house fire

A deadly Upstate SC house fire that killed four, including two young children, is linked to a kerosene heater, Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said.

4 dead, including 2 children, in South Carolina house fire

Four people, including two young children, were killed when a house caught fire in Gaffney, South Carolina, according to officials. The blaze was reported around 1:40 a.m. on Sunday at a home on East 3rd Street, according to WSPA, citing Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler. One person managed to escape the burning home and ran to a neighbor’s house to call 911. Doorbell camera footage reportedly showed the structure already engulfed in flames …