North Myrtle Beach condo building may have been struck by lightning, fire crews say

Fire crews have a fire at the Tahitian Princess four-story multifamily residential building in North Myrtle Beach under control early Thursday evening, according to North Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue.

The lightning strike during heavy thunderstorms caused a fire and crews were working on the third and fourth floors on the southeastern side of the complex.

The fire was reported around 6:30 p.m. at the building at 3300 South Ocean Blvd in North Myrtle Beach.

Horry County Fire Rescue and NMB Fire Rescue responded to the scene, where there are no reported injuries, according to City of North Myrtle Beach spokesperson Pat Dowling.

This story was originally published June 20, 2019 at 6:41 PM.

Alan Blondin

The Sun News

Alan Blondin covers golf, Coastal Carolina University athletics, business, and numerous other sports-related topics that warrant coverage. Well-versed in all things Myrtle Beach, Horry County and the Grand Strand, the 1992 Northeastern University journalism school valedictorian has been a reporter at The Sun News since 1993 after working at papers in Texas and Massachusetts. He has earned eight top-10 Associated Press Sports Editors national writing awards and more than 20 top-three S.C. Press Association writing awards since 2007.