20 people displaced by townhome fire in northeast Richland

Twenty people are displaced from their homes after a fire at a group of townhomes in northeast Richland County Friday evening.

The Columbia Fire Department responded to a house fire at 183 Rice Meadow Circle around 6 p.m. Friday.

No one was injured, but six townhome units were damaged in the fire, according to Columbia Fire spokesman Brick Lewis. The damage is estimated at $450,000, Lewis said. Lewis did not have information about what caused the fire.

The Red Cross is assisting the 20 people displaced by the fire. The Richland County Fire Marshal is investigating the blaze.