Homes in the 200 block of Lakewood Village Apartments in Irmo, South Carolina, were engulfed in flames Tuesday morning. According to Irmo firefighters, food left unattended in a microwave oven caught fire and caused the damage.
Witnesses reported a man and a boy on the balcony of a second-floor apartment. The man could not lower the boy or himself down from the balcony. A passerby stopped and helped both of them down, and no one was injured.