Local firefighters, including the Tryon, Columbus and Mill Spring Fire Departments and the Polk County Emergency Services responded to a fire on Laurel Ridge Drive off Skyuka Road last Friday, July 8. A vehicle located in a garage caught fire and caused smoke through the home around 12:30 p.m. Local firefighters left that scene to respond to a structure fire around 1:30 p.m. on Owl Hollow Lane in the Sunny View Community. (photos by Leah Justice)