South Carolina woman arrested in connection with Myrtle Beach wildfire
A woman was arrested and charged in connection with a more than 2,000-acre wildfire that ignited in South Carolina last week, threatening the lives and homes of hundreds, officials said Friday.
A woman was arrested and charged in connection with a more than 2,000-acre wildfire that ignited in South Carolina last week, threatening the lives and homes of hundreds, officials said Friday.
Alexandra Bialousow, 40, of Myrtle Beach was arrested Thursday on charges of negligently allowing fire to spread and starting a fire in woodlands, grasslands or other places without taking certain precautions, according to the South Carolina Forestry Commission.
The commission said witnesses reported seeing Bialousow start a fire Sunday in a backyard fire pit close to a tree line in the Covington Lake subdivision.
“According to the arrest warrant, the suspect ‘did not have an appropriate water source readily available,’ nor did she ‘have any garden tools on hand to control the fire, thus allowing the fire to spread to land owned by Walker Woods HOA,’” the commission said in a statement.
That fire grew to become the still-active Covington Drive Fire near Myrtle Beach, one of the largest of the more than 175 wildfires that burned across the state over the last week, according to officials.
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