Category: Alerts

BREAKING 🔥 Wildfire update: Shallotte Middle School sent students home early this morning — a noticeable smoke odor inside the building from the Bricklanding Road / Old Georgetown Road wildfire prompted the early dismissal, per Brunswick County Schools. Car riders were released at 9:45, buses at 10.

The district says West Brunswick High and Union Elementary are running normal schedules (no smoke issues there), and there’s no public air-quality alert at this time.

That ~50-acre fire is still active, with heavy smoke in the area. No injuries or structural damage reported.

🚨 UPDATE: Good news on the Quarry Fire Two front — the evacuation order for Lakewood Estates has been LIFTED. Residents can return home.

The county’s 9:00 PM update says the fire is estimated at about 50 acres near Bricklanding Road and Old Georgetown Road, with the NC Forest Service plowing fire lines. No official containment figure yet. Heavy smoke in the area, but no injuries or structural damage reported.

If you’re heading back, still use caution — and thank the crews working the lines tonight.

🚨 BREAKING: Evacuations are underway in the Shallotte area tonight.

A forest fire — the county is calling it Quarry Fire Two — has the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office evacuating residents in the Lakewood Estates area off Ocean Isle Beach Road.

If you’re in the affected area, follow instructions from emergency personnel and get out immediately if directed. Everyone else — please stay clear of the area so first responders can do their job.

We’ll keep you posted as this develops.

🚨 Update on the homemade bomb found at a North Myrtle Beach beach access: police say they still haven’t identified a suspect — and they don’t know when it was planted. The device could have caused significant injury, and investigators are asking anyone with information to contact North Myrtle Beach police. If you saw anything suspicious near the access, say something.

🚨 Oak Island man arrested in child sex crime investigation

Oak Island Police and NC State Bureau of Investigation agents arrested 44-year-old Mitchell Tyler Moore on Wednesday after serving a search warrant in Oak Island.

Moore faces six counts of sexual exploitation of a minor in the second degree and is being held without bond at the Brunswick County Jail. The investigation began with a tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

Arrested and charged, not convicted — presumed innocent until proven guilty.

🚨 BREAKING: One person has died after a motorcycle crash in Horry County tonight, according to WMBF News. Crews are on scene and details are still developing — we’ll update as we learn more.

Give emergency crews room if you’re out on the roads tonight, and stay alert out there. 🙏

🚨 UPDATE: That big law-enforcement scene in Longs this morning was the end of a three-month drug investigation. Horry County police say 10 people were arrested on Freemont Road, and officers seized drugs, guns, and cash. Chief Leonhardt says no shots were fired — what neighbors heard were distraction devices. More details as they come in.

Breaking this morning: a heavy Horry County police operation is underway in Longs, South Carolina, around Freemont Road and Radius Road.

A police helicopter is in the area. Details are still developing — we’ll update as we learn more.

Avoid the area if you can, and give law enforcement room to work.

🌊 Heads up this week: King Tides are bringing a street flooding risk along the Grand Strand — and the National Weather Service had a Coastal Flood Advisory out for Coastal Brunswick County yesterday. Expect a warm, humid week with rain chances this weekend. The good news? Tropical Storm Hanna is way out in the Atlantic (east of Bermuda) and poses no threat to our coast. 👌

🚨 UPDATE: Remember that suspicious item found near the 12th Avenue beach access in North Myrtle Beach last night?

Horry County Police now confirm it was a HOMEMADE BOMB.

The bomb squad safely removed it, and police are asking anyone who saw anything suspicious in that area to come forward.

We’ll keep you posted as this develops.