Elderly man sat with injuries for days after his mobile home burned and collapsed

Elderly man sat with injuries for days after his mobile home burned and collapsed 
WCBD Charleston, South Carolina; by Tim Renaud; 11/11/24 
An elderly Colleton County man sat injured in his yard for days after his mobile home burned and collapsed. Colleton County Fire Rescue said 9-1-1 received a call reporting the fire and injured man around 10 a.m. Friday. Crews arrived to find the single-wide mobile home had already collapsed with the injured man sitting in his yard. The man told firefighters that the home burned down “one or two days ago,” fire rescue said. He suffered burns to his face and hands and was not able to call for help. “He sat injured in the yard since that time,” the agency said. The man’s hospice nurse stopped by to check on him, and that’s when she discovered the fire. She provided initial aid and called 9-1-1. Emergency crews took the elderly man to the burn center at the Medical University of South Carolina for treatment. His condition is unknown. The cause of the fire is under investigation.