Myrtle Seashore girl ignited South Carolina wildfire that scorched 2K acres, authorities say

South Carolina authorities have arrested and charged a 40-year-old Myrtle Beach woman in reference to a hearth that burned greater than 2,000 acres round March 1.

Alexandra Bialousow is charged with one rely of arson/negligently allowing fire to spread to lands of one other and one rely of regulation of fires on sure lands, based on Horry County information.

South Carolina Forestry Fee (SCFC) legislation enforcement officers decided {that a} hearth pit on Bialousow’s property allegedly ignited the two,000-acre Covington Drive Hearth.

“Bialousow is accused of not taking the correct precautions to forestall her particles burn from escaping and negligently permitting hearth to unfold to ‘lands of one other.’ Witnesses reported seeing Bialousow deliberately begin a hearth in a yard hearth pit that was in shut proximity to a tree line inside Covington Lakes Subdivision on March 1,” SCFC mentioned in a press launch.

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Alexandra Bialousow, 40, is charged with one rely of arson/negligently permitting hearth to unfold to the lands of one other and one rely of regulation of fires on sure lands, based on Horry County information. (WMBF-TV by way of AP/ Horry County )

An arrest warrant states that the suspect “didn’t have an acceptable water supply available,” nor “any backyard instruments readily available to regulate the hearth, thus permitting the hearth to unfold to land owned by Walker Woods HOA.”

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South Carolina Forestry Fee legislation enforcement officers decided {that a} hearth pit on Alexandra Bialousow’s property allegedly ignited the two,000-acre Covington Drive Hearth. (South Carolina Forestry Fee)

A number of neighbors witnessed the hearth begin to unfold, based on the warrant.

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U.S. Army Soldiers with Company A, 111th General Support Aviation Battalion, 59 Aviation Troop Command, South Carolina Army National Guard prepared two Blackhawk Helicopters to assist the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources with wildfire containment in Horry County, South Carolina, March 2, 2025.

U.S. Military Troopers with Firm A, 111th Common Help Aviation Battalion, 59 Aviation Troop Command, South Carolina Military Nationwide Guard ready two Blackhawk Helicopters to help the South Carolina Forestry Fee and the South Carolina Division of Pure Sources with wildfire containment in Horry County, South Carolina, on March 2, 2025. (U.S. Military Picture by Sgt. Elizabeth A. Schneider, South Carolina Nationwide Guard)

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Sure neighborhoods within the Carolina Forest space had been evacuated on March 1, however the order was lifted on Sunday. No buildings had been destroyed, and no accidents had been reported because of the hearth.

If convicted, Bialousow would face potential imprisonment and fines. She has since been launched from jail after posting $7,500 bond.

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