MASKS AND PEWS ARE SPACED OUT. IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, CREWS ARE NINE HOURS INTO BATTLING A MASSIVE FIRE AT THE HISTORIC BABCOCK BUILDING. THE BLAZE WAS REPORTED AT 7:00 THIS MORNING AND REACHED THREE ALARM STATUS AND REACHED ALL THREE FLOORS. THE SPIRE ON TOP WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1800S AND IS ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTRY.

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