Fire

One Dead, 1 Hurt in Mobile Home Fire in Horry County

LORIS, S.C. (AP) _ Horry County authorities are investigating after one person was killed and a second hospitalized in a mobile home fire in Loris. Fire Chief Jerry Hardee tells local media outlets that a man was hurt as he tried to rescue the woman and his children from the home about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. The woman died while the…

Man Gets Life for Setting Fire Which Killed Grandparents

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A man convicted of setting a fire that killed his grandparents will serve two life sentences plus 30 years. The Sumter Item reports that a Sumter County jury convicted Joseph Manners on Thursday of arson and murder in the 2013 fire. Prosecutors said Manners used gasoline to set the fire that killed 79-year-old Joann Topper and…