An early morning structure fire destroyed an Horry County home Friday.

Ann Fairchild and Leslie Moseley grabbed what they could Thursday afternoon as smoke filled Fairchild’s family business, Painters Ice Cream shop in Garden City Beach.

The Red Cross is helping a family after an early morning house fire in Horry County.

Three house fires in the same area in less that six hours are being treated as suspicious. All the homes were vacant.

There were people inside the home when the fire started, but everyone got out and no one was hurt.

Pee Dee children were schooled on the necessary skills to keep themselves and their families safe from fire and other dangers this week during a special fire safety camp this week.

At about 2 p.m. this afternoon, South Lynches Fire Department responded to a structure fire at Scranton Metal.

Florence County sheriff’s deputies said someone set fire to a lower Florence County convenience store on purpose and it’s all on tape, according to WBTW News13 reports.

A day after a lightning strike sparked a fire that destroyed Dawsey United Methodist Church in Florence, its pastor, the Rev. Nick Lyerly, said the church’s first priority is to find a location for Sunday services.

A brush fire burned about three acres of woods near the 1,300 block of Olanta Highway near Lake City earlier today.

Citizens in the Pee Dee should explore alternatives to burning their yard trash, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced recently.“

The Florence Rescue Squad closed its doors for good Monday after serving Florence County for more than 38 years. The decision was made Thursday by the rescue squad’s chief and its seven-member board of directors.

A block of Graham Street is cordoned off by crime scene tape and police are investigating following the destruction Friday night of a large building, despite the efforts of about 150 firefighters from a dozen departments.

Horry County police are looking for two girls they believe started the fire in a Goodwill Retail Store earlier this week.

South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Agents arrested a Horry County Police officer Wednesday. 32-year-old Kyle Gary Bell is charged with arson.