Red Cross sees spike in home fires

Robert J. Baker bbaker@theitem.com
Posted 2/16/11

When a home once standing on Summerford Drive near Lake Marion was decimated by fire last week, the home's elderly occupant didn't seek out help from the American Red Cross of Central South Carolina.

"We did not get a call from that family," said …

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