CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Investigators say a West Ashley motel that caught fire on Sunday either had numerous missing or non-functional smoke alarms. The property was ordered to vacate temporarily.
The Hotel Hampton rooming house in Easton had not been inspected in years before a fire broke out there in February, seriously injuring a firefighter, according to a recently released federal report.
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