S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-190
If the officer shall consider that the fire be due to criminal carelessness, the person responsible for it shall be indicted before a magistrate for a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of the same, may be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 47-1179; 1952 Code SECTION 47-1179; 1942 Code SECTION 7262; 1932 Code SECTION 7262; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 4417; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 119; 1917 (30) 361.