Fire engulfs building at Barefoot Landing Friday night
Crews battled a large fire at Barefoot Landing late Friday night, according to the North Myrtle Beach Fire Department.
The call came in reporting the fire at the Barefoot General Store about 11:30 p.m Friday, according to North Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue.
“Multi Alarm Commercial Fire at the Barefoot General Store in Barefoot Landing. All crews working. Building is engulfed in flames. Avoid Barefoot Landing area,” the department said in a tweet just after midnight.
A spokesman for the department said the blaze was quickly upgraded to a “multi-alarm incident” as flames came through the roof of the store. Firefighters from North Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach, Horry County and Calabash, North Carolina, responded.
North Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue said the Windy Hill area should expect to have smoke in the air overnight.
The entire Barefoot Landing area was blocked off, and dozens of fire trucks and other emergency vehicles were at the complex a little after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a photographer from The Sun News at the scene.
Crews appeared to have knocked out the flames by 12:40 a.m., but firefighters were still pouring water from ladder trucks into the building.
Officials said the general store was the only building impacted by the fire.
This story was originally published December 22, 2018 at 12:24 AM.
