Many people who were forced from their homes by the Horry County wildfires want to know why it took officials so long to warn them.
The Sun News reports that homeowners are asking why officials were caught by surprise by fires which had been raging for a day, and then gave residents just minutes to evacuate.
Public safety officials say the fires were too unpredictable and flared too quickly to predict what would happen.
Many in North Myrtle Beach said that they were given a false sense of security because they say Horry County fire rescue had assured them that the fires were contained.
Even though it's been more than a month since those fires happened the people at Barefoot Resort continue to clean up and rebuild.
Workers are still in the early stages of rebuilding those homes but construction at other damaged homes is almost finished like at the home of Martha and Thomas Thill.
"We’re getting there you know we're starting to make some progress, all the burnt things are gone," said Martha Thill, whose home damaged in the back but not completely destroyed.
Most of the inside of the home was just now pieces of ruble left over and sat collected in a dumpster outside in the front lawn.
"I still get emotional talking when I'm about it but with at the moment you were just living the moment and trying to get out," Thomas Thill.
"We are so fortunate so many people are not so fortunate," said Martha Thill
The Thills continued to say that it will cost them $94,000 and six more weeks to fix their home.
Jenifer Sweat with Full Steam Ahead the construction company that is doing some of the work in he neighborhood including at the Thill’s home told News 13 that they are repairing 35 homes adding that they will keep doing they well into the next year.
"We're seeing such a mass destruction out in this area where as you're not talking about one or two homes that have been destroyed , you're talking about you know 60 to 70 homes that have been destroyed so i think a lot of them are working overtime obviously and seeing a lot more devastation that they expected,” said Sweat.
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