Fascism spreading like a fire.

Sirens blared and orange flames audibly crackled as a thick plume of black smoke streamed out of Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein’s Edisto Beach home during a fire that blazed on Oct. 4, video shows.

The home, located off Planters Retreat in the Jeremy Cay Community, is partially surrounded by trees and a marshy area of Edisto Island. That made it particularly difficult to rescue Goodstein’s husband, a former state senator, after he jumped out the back of the house to escape the blaze, a neighbor said.

Resident Tom Peterson was near the couple’s home midday on Oct. 4 when he noticed a plume of smoke that was visible in a video of the fire that was provided to The Post and Courier on Oct. 5.

Peterson spoke with the judge, who told Peterson that she had been on the beach walking her dogs at the time her home caught fire. She informed him that her husband was injured and stranded in a marshy area behind the home.

Rescuers got him out but he and two other people were hospitalized with injuries.

The judge made headlines a few weeks ago.

A South Carolina judge has temporarily blocked the state from giving the U.S. Department of Justice its entire voter database after a voter sued, arguing that releasing such sensitive personal information would violate state law and her constitutional rights.

Judge Diane S. Goodstein of the First Judicial Circuit issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) Tuesday, stopping the South Carolina Election Commission (SCEC) from releasing the data until at least a Sept. 10 hearing in Aiken County. 

The order came in response to a lawsuit filed by Dr. Anne Crook, a registered voter in Calhoun County, after the DOJ demanded the state’s entire statewide voter registration list, including every voter’s full name, date of birth, residential address, driver’s license number and Social Security numbers.

Hmmmmmm.