A 30-year-old South Carolina woman accused of operating an illegal day care from her apartment allegedly left eight young children alone inside an apartment that caught fire while she was away, authorities said.
Janaina Pio Ferreira was taken into custody last week and charged with eight counts of unlawful conduct toward a child, according to authorities in North Charleston.
According to a news release from the North Charleston Police Department, at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, officers and firefighters responded to reports of a structure fire at the Arbor Square Apartments in the 2600 block of Otranto Road North…