Fire Burns Down US Judge, Senator Husband's Waterfront Home In South Carolina, Police Investigation On - What We Know

2025-10-05 10:06:59

(MENAFN- Live Mint) A fire destroyed the Edisto Beach home of South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Diana Goodstein and her ex-senator husband, Arnold Goodstein, injuring three people, according to a New York Post report citing police.

The three storey, four-bedroom, four-bathroom waterfront house burned down in a plumes of black smoke on October 1, at around noon, injuring the people including the former Democratic senator. Identities of the other two United have not yet been released.

The State Law Enforcement Division is actively investigating the incident, and cause if the fire, the report added.

Was anyone injured? What is the status?

Arnold Goodstein reportedly had to jump from a window on the first floor to escape the flames. Neighbours and first responders rerescue the three injured in kayaks, the report said citing the St. Paul's Fire District.

Captain KC Campbell with the Colleton County Fire Rescue tools the paper that all injured were brought to the Medical University of South Carolina, and one was air-evacuatedto the premises.

The report then cited family sources saying that Arnold Goodstein broke multiple bones after jumping and had to be airlifted to the hospital.

The judge, Diana Goodstein was walking the dog on the beach when the incident occurred, it added.

Who are Diana and Arnold Goldstein?

South Carolina native Judge Diane Goodstein was elected to her first judgeship in May 1998 and has served continuously ever since, according to her biography.

Her husband, Arnold Goodstein, served in the House and the South Carolina Senate for different terms in the 1970s, according to public records. He was a Democrat representing Charleston County, The Nerve reported.

He also led Summerville Homes, a large home-building business that ceased operations in 2008 and filed for $61 million bankruptcy, the outlet said.

The couple shares two children, Arnold Samuel Goodstein II and Eve Schafer Goodstein, according to Diana's biography page.

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