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Fire near Ocean Blvd hotel engulfs sand dune, extinguished by Myrtle Beach firefighters

Myrtle Beach Fire responded to a dunes fire behind the Sea Crest Hotel Sunday night.

The blaze covered sand dunes near the hotel at 803 S Ocean Blvd, a video tweeted by the Myrtle Beach Fire Department showed. The fire engulfs a sand dune feet away from the hotel as firefighters work to extinguish the flames.

Crews quickly responded and were able to extinguish the fire before it got to any structures, fire rescue tweeted out Monday morning.

Authorities have not said what caused the fire.

This story was originally published May 10, 2021 at 1:32 PM.

Gerard Albert III
The Sun News
Gerard Albert III writes about crime, courts and police for The Sun News in Myrtle Beach. Albert was editor-in-chief at Florida International University’s student newspaper. He also covered Miami-Dade and Broward County for WLRN, South Florida’s NPR station.He is an award-winning journalist who has reported throughout South Florida and New York City. Hablo espanol.
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