COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says the investigation into a massive weekend house fire in Colleton County has found no evidence of arson.

The fire at the home of a state circuit judge in the Jeremy Cay Community on Saturday sent three people to the hospital, Colleton County Fire Rescue said. One of those patients was airlifted to MUSC, officials said.

“At this time, there is no evidence to indicate the fire was intentionally set,” SLED Chief Mark Keel said. “SLED agents have preliminarily found there is no evidence to support a pre-fire explosion.”

The Saturday fire nearly burned to the ground the house listed in property records as owned by Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein on a remote part of Edisto Island, authorities said.

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