Judge’s waterfront mansion burns down, kayak rescue saves occupants

The authorities of South Carolina investigate a possible criminal fire attack on the house of a state judge on Saturday, which left the mansion by the water to a million dollars burned on the ground, according to authorities and local reports.

While the authorities did not immediately publish the owners’ names, the post and mail identified them as the court judge Diane Schafer Goodstein, 69, and her husband, Arnold Goodstein, 81, former member of the two chambers of the State legislature.

He has already been commissioner of the South Carolina Ministry of Transport and before it was injured in the TET offensive during the Vietnam War. He received a bronze star for heroism in action, twice, according to his organic from the state legislature.

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The flames swallowed up the house by the water on Edisto Island on Saturday. (St. Paul fire district)

The firefighters of the St. Paul fire district helped the Edisto Beach fire service extinguish the fire on Edisto Island, a community by the water about an hour’s drive in the southwest of Charleston.

“This area is located on a barrier island with significant challenges such as limited water supply and tight areas,” said St. Paul officials in an article on Facebook. As a result, the first stakeholders used kayaks to save the occupants from their backyard while the house had ignited.

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A portrait of Diane Goodstein judge of the Southern Carolina Courts website. (Short sc)

Arnold Goodstein was injured after jumping out of a window against the backyard to escape the flames, post and mail reported. The judge was walking their dogs at the time.

Three people were reportedly injured in the fire. The couple have two adult children.

The flames swallowed up the house by the water on Edisto Island on Saturday. (St. Paul Fire District, SC)

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The authorities published a photo showing the house by the sea eclipsed by flames and clouds of black smoke.

A spokesperson for the State Division of the State forces, which would investigate the criminal fire as a potential cause of the fire, did not immediately answer the questions sent by e-mail.