MYRTLE BEACH, SC (LOOTPRESS) – A Myrtle Beach woman has been arrested in connection to the Covington Drive Fire, which has burned more than 2,000 acres near the city.
The South Carolina Forestry Commission announced that Alexandra Bialousow, 40, was taken into custody on Thursday.
She faces charges related to the escape of a residential yard debris burn that allegedly ignited the wildfire.
Bialousow is accused of failing to take proper precautions to contain the fire and negligently allowing it to spread to land owned by the Walker Woods Homeowners Association.
According to an arrest warrant, she did not have a sufficient water source or tools on hand to control the flames.
Witnesses reported seeing Bialousow start a fire in a backyard fire pit near a tree line in the Covington Lakes Subdivision on March 1.
Several neighbors observed the fire as it spread beyond her property.
