PHOTOS: Box truck catches fire behind Florence restaurant

FLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) — A box delivery truck caught fire Thursday afternoon behind the New China Buffet restaurant on S. Irby Street in Florence.

There was no damage to the restaurant and the fire was contained to the cab of the truck, according to Florence Fire Department Chief Shannon Tanner.

Fire crews were dispatched at about 1:55 p.m. and the fire was extinguished in five minutes, Tanner said. No one was in the truck during the fire that the department was aware of.

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Taylor Ford is a digital journalist for News13. She joined the News13 team in January 2023. Taylor is a Florence native and covers the Pee Dee out of News13’s Florence Bureau. Read more of Taylor’s work here.

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