Have a fire extinguisher handy? You may want to after reading about these Burton incidents
Three recent fires showed the benefit of having a fire extinguisher handy, a Burton Fire District release said.
On Wednesday, a fire was extinguished in the wheel well of a school bus after the wheel came off. There were no injuries and only the driver was aboard the bus at the time.
On Thursday evening, a man noticed smoke while driving his Ford pickup and used a fire extinguisher to douse an engine fire at Cross Creek Plaza.
And on Friday morning, a window air conditioning unit caught fire and spread to a couch before onlookers put it out with an extinguisher. The Shanklin Road resident was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation.
Burton Fire District offers free fire extinguisher training.
For information, email For more information email safetyed@burtonfd.org.
Stephen Fastenau: 843-706-8182, @IPBG_Stephen
This story was originally published August 18, 2017 at 3:24 PM with the headline "Have a fire extinguisher handy? You may want to after reading about these Burton incidents."