DRAMATIC video shows a judge’s $1.5 million sprawling beachfront home being gutted by a raging inferno.
Orange flames overwhelmed and ravaged the property, leaving just its shell remaining.
And, footage shared online showed black smoke billowing into the sky.
The four-bedroom property in Edisto Island, South Carolina, belonged to Diane Goodstein, 69, and her husband Arnold, a former state lawmaker.
She was not inside her beachfront property at the time of Saturday’s fire, but three people were injured.
She had been out on the beach walking her dogs.
But, her husband jumped out of the home and was left with injuries to his feet, legs and hips.
Paramedics were forced to use a canoe and rope when they rescued Arnold.
This is because he was stranded in a marshy area near the home, as per the Post and Courier.
Cops are still probing the cause of the blaze.
John Kittredge, South Carolina’s chief justice, said an apparent explosion destroyed the home.
The authorities are yet to confirm if the fire was arson.
A source close to Goodstein told Fits News she had previously received death threats.
Last month, Goodstein hit the headlines when she issued a temporary restraining measure that stopped South Carolina officials from handing over voters’ data to the federal government.
She issued the measure in light of privacy concerns.
The Department of Justice had ordered the state to hand over data of more than three million people.
A judge has since overruled the restraining measure.
Goodstein was elected as a Resident Circuit Judge in May 1998.
She is part of the South Carolina Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
Meanwhile, her husband ran a home building firm that shut down in 2008 and filed for bankruptcy.
He had previously served Charleston County as a Democratic politician.
The couple’s son, Arnold Goodstein II, was also rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.
One person who was injured was airlifted to the hospital.
Goodstein is yet to comment on the fire.
Goodstein was elected as a resident circuit judge in May 1998[/caption]
