A South Carolina woman faces charges after igniting yard debris that burned out of control and allegedly sparked a wildfire that has scorched more than 2,000 acres near Myrtle Beach, the state’s forestry officials said.

The Myrtle Beach area woman who allegedly started the Carolina Forest area wildfire was charged with two misdemeanors. Will there be more serious charges?

Most of the Carolina Forest wildfire remains contained —and soaking rains on March 10 helped — but state officials say the county is not out of the woods yet.

A 40-year-old woman from Myrtle Beach, Alexandra Bialousow, has been charged in connection with a wildfire that scorched over 2,000 acres in South Carolina. The fire, known as the Covington Drive Fire,

After nearly a week of battling a wildfire in Carolina Forest, crews have finally contained just over half of it, state and Myrtle Beach-area officials said.

The Covington Drive Wildfire threatened homes over the weekend, but by Thursday, it has calmed down to “smoldering.” Here’s what’s going on.

A woman accused of igniting a more than 2,000 acre wildfire last week in South Carolina, threatening the lives and homes of hundreds, has been arrested and charged, officials said on Friday.

The woman allegedly started a fire to burn debris Saturday in a backyard fire pit close to a tree line in the Covington Lakes community.

Myrtle Beach area resident accused of starting blaze in fire pit that sparked large-scale forest fire - The Carolina Forest wildfire has burned 2,059 acres

A week after a woman allegedly ignited a wildfire that burned thousands of acres in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the Florida Forest Service Incident Management Team (IMT) has taken over.