Horry County is expected to feel the brunt of winds that could potentially peak at 60 miles per hour and worsen the wildfire as a storm rolls through the area.

Different measures have to be taken in battling a coastal wildfire, which create problems for Horry County firefighters. The top issue being not enough water.

The largest of the brush fires erupted Saturday in Carolina Forest, a community west of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The fire exploded in size overnight, forcing residents in at least half a dozen neighborhoods in the area to flee their homes early Sunday.

We should get a web on this. While we all know that MB proper is not really affected, the rest of the country - watching the networks - don't understand that. I

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has been flooded in recent days with conspiracy theories insisting the fires were started by powerful tech figures like Mark Zuckerberg as part of some dastardly attempt to turn Myrtle Beach into a so-called smart city.