Fire Heavily Damages Columbia County Home
Fire heavily damaged a home in Columbia County this afternoon. Firefighters were sent to a home in the 4000 block of Oregon Trail in Martinez just before 3 p.m.
The home is just blocks from Blue Ridge Elementary, Lakeside Middle and Lakeside High Schools off Blue Ridge Drive.
Columbia County authorities say the home was fully engulfed in flames when fire crews arrived. No one was home when the blaze broke out.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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