Grovetown woman dies after being rescued from house fire

Sugarcreek Drive is located just down from this fire station, off Interstate 77 near Lewiston Road in the Grovetown area.

Date: November 04, 2023

A woman has died after being rescued from a fire at her house Friday afternoon on Sugarcreek Drive in the Grovetown area, just down from a fire station.

The victim has been identified as 53-year-old Christina Bernstein. She was rescued from the fire at 473 Sugarcreek Drive and rushed to Doctors Hospital, where she died, sheriff’s Maj. Steve Morris said.

Sheriff’s officers and fire officials are investigating the cause of the fire. Sugarcreek Drive is located just off the interstate, off Lewiston Drive.

Check back here for updates on this developing story.

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Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. He also owns AugustaCrime.com. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel. He is married with two daughters.

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