Mobile Home Fire in South Carolina Leaves Family of 5 Displaced
I’ve covered enough local fire stories to know this pattern well — it’s quiet, it’s late, and families are usually winding down for the night. That’s exactly how this Beaufort County mobile home fire unfolded.
Just after midnight, a family of five at The Bay mobile home park on Shanklin Road noticed something wasn’t right. Smoke was building inside their home while they were preparing to go to bed. No alarms, no dramatic flames at first — just that unsettling smell and haze that tells you trouble is already close.
By the time emergency crews were dispatched, the situation had escalated quickly. Neighbors stepped in, trying to control flames that were burning underneath the mobile home, a detail that matters more than most people realize. Fires that start below a structure can spread fast, and they’re often harder to spot early…