Ocean Isle Beach information

Ocean Isle Beach is a town located in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 426 at the 2000 census.
Located at the southern end of North Carolina's Atlantic Ocean coastline, with access to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Ocean Isle Beach has many beach houses and second homes, and is a tourist attraction because of its beauty, atmosphere, and proximity to other major beach towns.
On October 28, 2007, the tiny, normally quiet community found itself in worldwide news as an early Sunday morning four alarm fire at a three-story beach house occupied by 13 college students claimed seven lives, injuring six more. As funerals and memorials services were conducted for the 7 teenagers in North and South Carolina and elsewhere, the publicity and magnitude of the tragedy renewed public interest on issues which included fire safety, building codes, flamability of materials, fire suppression methods such as sprinkler systems, and the potential benefits of monitored fire alarm systems, which can be added to existing structures at relatively minimal costs. (...) more....

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