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Oxygen canisters explode, ammunition goes off during fire in Darlington County A home in Darlington County was considered a total loss after a fire on Thursday. (Source: Palmetto Rural Fire Department) By WMBF News Staff | March 11, 2021 at 3:47 PM EST - Updated March 11 at 7:57 PM
FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) - A home in the Pee Dee is now considered a total loss after a fire in Darlington County caused oxygen canisters to explode.
Chief Thomas Spivey with the Palmetto Rural Fire Department said crews were called to 701 Steerfork Drive in the Florence section of the county at 9:12 a.m. Thursday.
Spivey said the fire was caused by someone in the home smoking while on a couch, which led to the couch being set on fire.
Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Darlington received $4.2 million in health-related relief from the CARES act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.
According to numbers reported through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in South Carolina received $1.2 billion in health-related relief from the CARES act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. The largest recipient of funding in the state was Prisma Health-Upstate with a total of $131 million. The average loan size in the city was $301,963 while the state s average loan amount was $258,718.
Of the money distributed, $30 billion went out automatically to health providers based on previous year medicare payments. If the money wasn t returned within 90 days the provider is then automatically entered into the repayment terms that are issued by HHS. With the money going out automatically and the rules constantly changing, some of the businesses that received the money weren t eligible