MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – Horry County Fire Rescue crews responded to two multi-alarm fires in one shift this week, according to Tony Casey, public information officer for the department.
“Our crews stay very busy. Yesterday was a shift that was particularly busy; we had two multi-alarm fires. Which aren’t that common. A lot of smaller departments might not run a multi-alarm fire all year long, and we had two in one shift yesterday,” Casey said.
Cooking and outdoor debris
Casey said most house fires start in the kitchen from unattended cooking. He also said dry vegetation outside a home can pose a risk.
“When you have dry vegetation outside a home and let’s say someone flicks their cigarette butt that’s not been extinguished into pine straw or something that could catch fire, and you walk away for a minute, that thing’s growing in the bushes. It could catch the side of your house on fire, and then your entire house could catch on fire,” Casey said.
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