Police are investigating the house fire that killed 6 people and injured one person in Green Pond, South Carolina.
Green Pond, South Carolina is a small community. Historically, the Green Pond was named for a nearby pool of water abundant with algae.
Responders were shocked by the blazing building located in Green Pond, South Carolina. Six people were found dead inside after an initial investigation. A person who suffered from multiple injuries was flown to a hospital in the nearby area of Green Pond.
In an interview with the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office, a man identified as Ryan Manigo, 33, a resident of Green Pond, South Carolina, was arrested and charged with attempted murder.
A sheriff’s office source informed WCIV, a local ABC affiliate of Green Pond, South Carolina, that one of the victims ferociously suffered stab wounds before the house was engulfed by the flames.
The incident will surely engrave a memory in the lives of Green Pond, South Carolina residents including a man who has spent his life in the small community for about two decades.
The man shared with the press that he has never seen anything like this in his nearly twenty years of residing in Green Pond, South Carolina.
Family members of the victims, including David Magwood, identified his 101-year-old mother died in the fire.
Shamia Rutledge, a local resident of Green Pond, South Carolina, informed the press that her 7-year-old was among the unfortunate victims. “The whole family is still shocked and in disbelief”, Rutledge said.