Notice fire trucks streaming to the Port Royal port site? Here’s what happened
A small fire at a vacant building on Port Royal’s waterfront was extinguished quickly Thursday evening.
Firefighters arrived at the former Port Royal Cement Company building in the port of Port Royal at about 7:30 p.m. to find smoke coming from the area of an administrative office, Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Chief Reece Bertholf said.
The fire was out quickly and started in what was an administrative office. Damage was limited and no one was hurt, Bertholf said.
The cause has not been determined.
Numerous fire units were called to the building because of its size and the uncertainty about the level of the fire, Bertholf said. Burton Fire District, Port Royal police and Beaufort County paramedics were all on scene.
“That is what happened here tonight and residents of Port Royal may have noticed a few more fire vehicles arriving that normal,” Bertholf said in a release.
The Port of Port Royal property, including the large cement building, was sold this week to private developers. A fire at the port in 2015 resulted in the loss of the town’s seafood market and damage to nearby Dockside Restaurant.
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This story was originally published September 22, 2017 at 9:34 AM with the headline "Notice fire trucks streaming to the Port Royal port site? Here’s what happened."