Oct. 18, 2010 was a perfectly beautiful autumn day in the low country.

But just like that, crystal blue skies seemed to choke on a heavy black curtain of toxic smoke as flames from an electrical fire raged through a commercial building on U.S. 78 in Summerville.

Within minutes, the offices, storage, the very epicenter of Al Bradham’s company, Carpet Care Services, would be reduced to ash and rubble . The business would even lose several company vehicles parked nearby from the intense fire. From The Summerville Journal Scene.