SLED investigating apartment fire that killed 4-year-old girl, displaced 15 SLED is now investigating the cause of a large apartment fire in Clinton that killed a 4-year-old girl. (Source: WYFF) By WYFF News Staff | December 21, 2020 at 6:09 AM EST - Updated December 21 at 6:09 AM
CLINTON, S.C. (WYFF) - SLED is now investigating the cause of a large apartment fire in Clinton that killed a 4-year-old girl.
The fire happened at Laudau Apartments on South Broad Street in Clinton, according to Clinton Fire Chief Phillip Russell.
Crews responded to the 8-unit apartment building around 5:44 a.m. Sunday, Russell said.
Firefighters made several attempts to get to the second floor of the complex, where there was a person trapped, but “fire conditions were so bad, fire crews had to transition into exterior defensive attack,” according to Russell.