Firefighter injured while responding to Sheppard Street fire

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A firefighter suffered a shoulder injury Friday while responding to a downtown structure fire.

The Charleston Fire Department responded to a building on Sheppard Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. and arrived to find smoke and flames coming from a vacant structure.

Crews worked quickly to control the fire before it spread to neighboring structures.

One of the firefighters suffered a non-life-threatening injury to their shoulder during the incident and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

No other injuries were reported.