Authorities in Colleton County, South Carolina, have opened an investigation into a blaze that destroyed the home of a state circuit judge and her husband, a former state senator, according to CNN affiliates WCSC and WIS.

The house, owned by Judge Diane Goodstein and her husband, former state Sen. Arnold Goodstein, burned down on Friday afternoon. Authorities said that three people were subsequently taken to the hospital.

Videos shared to social media showed the large, beachfront home emitting black smoke and engulfed in flames. The cause of the fire is still unknown.

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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division sent officials to the scene, the South Carolina Supreme Court confirmed. In a Saturday statement to CNN, the court said an investigation would begin after the scene was

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