The woman accused of starting the wildfire that scorched thousands of acres in Carolina Forest seven months ago will not plea in the case, her legal team announced in Myrtle Beach on Wednesday morning.
Alexandra Bialousow was scheduled to face a jury in Myrtle Beach after the South Carolina Forestry commission accused her of starting a backyard fire pit without proper precautions, which grew out of control during a burn ban in Horry County last march. The wildfire ultimately affected over 2,000 acres of land and caused evacuations in several neighborhoods.
Jonny McCoy, Bialousow’s attorney, said that his client was never officially charged with starting the fire, and that the only reason she was arrested and “falsely accused” of starting the fire was because “someone powerful” wanted the investigation into the fire to stop…