Gaffney Fire Department

An alarm system saved one home from major fire damage Sunday in the Corinth community while a second fire in Gaffney snuffed itself out before spreading too far. In both cases, firefighters linked the fires to unattended stove tops. More...

A bad belt on a rooftop air handler filled a Cherokee Avenue restaurant with smoke and a burning smell on Monday but caused no damage. More...

Neighbors in the tightly knit Canterbury neighborhood stood watch in simultaneous hope and shock late Monday as Gaffney firefighters raced to pull a woman from her burning home. Within minutes, however, the hope would fade as the realization set in that the fire had claimed a life. More...

The Gaffney Fire Department on Thursday took delivery of a very big donation. NextEra Energy, the operator of a co-generation plant in Gaffney, gave the city fire department an equipment trailer valued at $8,000 to haul all of the department's specialized gear used for extracting victims from difficult situations, such as confined spaces, trenches and collapses. More...