Devastating Irmo apartment fire caused by child playing with fireworks Devastating Irmo apartment fire caused by child playing with fireworks By WIS News 10 Staff | December 24, 2020 at 3:34 PM EST - Updated December 24 at 6:01 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - An apartment fire that left 35 people homeless was caused by a child playing with fireworks, Irmo Fire Department officials confirmed. RELATED STORIES: The fire started around 1 p.m. Wednesday at the River Oaks Apartments in the 5300 block of Bush River Road. That’s near the intersection with St. Andrews Road. While firefighters rushed to rescue six people on the second and third floors of the apartment building, a mother dropped her two small children -- a 1-month-old and 1-year-old -- from a third-story window to save them, officials said. Bystanders caught the children.