A woman was arrested and charged in connection with a 2,000-acre fire that spread in South Carolina last week.

Alexandra Bialousow, a 40-year-old Myrtle Beach resident, was arrested last week on charges of negligently allowing fire to spread and starting a fire in woodlands, grasslands, or other places without taking certain precautions. 

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“According to the arrest warrant, the suspect ‘did not have an appropriate water source readily available,’ nor did she ‘have any garden tools on hand to control the fire, thus allowing the fire to spread to land owned by Walker Woods HOA,’” the South Carolina Forestry Commission said in a statement.

According to the commission, witnesses said Bialousow started a fire Sunday in a backyard firepit near a tree line in the Covington Lake subdivision.

As of Monday, the Covington Drive Fire remains at 55% containment, according to the forestry commission. This fire is one of the largest of the more than 175 wildfires that burned across South Carolina over the last week.

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No major injuries have been reported from the fires.

Bialousow was released from custody on Friday.