MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – The fire that destroyed a Windsor Green condominium building earlier this month started with a bird’s nest in a breezeway, according to lawyers representing a victim of that fire.

Morgan & Morgan Attorneys Benjamin Wilson and Dylan Bess announced in a press conference Tuesday morning that their investigation found the fire originated after a bird’s nest inside a light fixture heated “to the point of ignition” and caught the building on fire. The attorneys acknowledge that the fire was not a product of anything a resident did, but rather, the responsibility of the property management group and home owner’s association over the Windsor Green community.

The breezeway where the fire started is the responsibility of the property management group, the lawyers claim, and the lack of fire safety features led to the fire that destroyed 16 condos and injured seven people. Bryan Alewine and his family were among those injured.

Alewine is represented by Morgan & Morgan and spoke briefly at the press conference to thank first responders, community members and his family for their support.

Alewine explained how he recalled someone yelling, “Fire, fire,” on April 12, and he immediately started to get his family out the door. The heat and flames stopped them from getting from their third-floor condo to the ground. The family was forced to the condo’s balcony, according to Alewine, where he had to drop his two sons to the ground.

Alewine recalls a teenager standing below saying he would catch the youngest boy, 3-years-old. Alewine dropped the toddler and Blake Cannon, 16, was waiting below to catch him. Alewine then had to drop his 10-year-old son to the ground, and Alewine and his wife jumped from the balcony, both severely injuring their back and legs.

The lawyers say Alewine’s building wasn’t prepared for the fire. The building was not equipped with sprinklers, a fire alarm, or a secondary exit for emergencies. In 2013 the Windsor Green community suffered a devastating fire that destroyed 26 buildings. When the property owners began to rebuild, updated building codes required the fire safety features.

The property owners did not update the undamaged buildings following the 2013 fire. A “calculated decision” that nearly cost Alewine and others their lives, the lawyers claim.

The attorneys say the property management group was aware of the danger of not updating the buildings in 2013, but left them unchanged anyway to save money. The law group is now demanding the group make changes so a third fire doesn’t sweep through the community.

Wilson and Bess say they want the property owners to update all remaining buildings to bring them in line with current building codes. If the owners refuse, the lawyers say they want Horry County to close the community due to the safety threat until the buildings are updated.

The law firm has not yet filed a suit against the Windsor Green property management group, but says it is inevitable. The attorneys say they are learning more information every day and do not want to rush into “blind litigation.”

Horry County Fire Rescue has not commented on an exact cause of the fire, but information previously released corroborates the lawyers’ findings that the fire started on the second-floor breezeway. Fire officials have also said the fire is not considered suspicious.