MANTEO, N.C. (WNCN) — A fire broke out at a building next to a lighthouse on North Carolina’s Outer Banks ... smoke was seen inside Bodie Island Double Keepers’ Quarters around noon.

This thrice-built, black-and-white lighthouse sits south of Nags Head on Bodie Island ... U.S. Highway 64 and NC Highway 12) in Nags Head. More information can be found on the National Park ...

Before 1875, ships sailing by the North Carolina coast faced a 40-mile "blind spot" between Bodie Island and Virginia's Cape Henry. Then, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse in Corolla was created.