HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- Two people were displaced after a Monday afternoon house fire in Longs that may have been caused by a lightning strike, officials said.

It happened just after 4:30 p.m. on Blue Rock Drive. Nobody was hurt, but the structure sustained "significant" damage, Horry County Fire Rescue said in a Facebook post.

No further information was immediately provided.

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