Occupants escape, 3 firefighters briefly trapped in large fire at south Charlotte home

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• Charlotte Fire identifies two killed in massive SouthPark construction fire
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• Update: 2 workers killed as massive fire destroys SouthPark apartment building under construction

At a construction site on the 7700 block of Liberty Row Drive, across the street from SouthPark Mall. One person was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover, paramedics said. "Mill Creek Residential is adding to its North Carolina presence with the development of Modera SouthPark, a luxury apartment community located in one of Charlotte’s most desirable submarkets," the website reads.

Occupants escape, 3 firefighters briefly trapped in large fire at south Charlotte home

Antonio Planas is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital. He later offered his condolences to the families and co-workers in the "brutal attack." Police were eventually able to clear the home, Jennings said. Two people inside, one of them 17 years old, were detained as persons of interest. "It was just last month I was in this very room congratulating Officer Eyer for becoming officer of the month in April," Police Chief Johnny Jennings said.

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Most of the Carolinas Wednesday had moderate-level impacts, which would primarily impact those unusually sensitive to smoke particulars. If smoke conditions were to increase, more people could find themselves impacted by the smoke. "We may be talking about more tragedy than ... we're talking about today," Johnson said Friday of the life-threatening situation his firefighters experienced Thursday.

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For more than an hour, firefighters were attempting to help the crane operator trapped on a construction crane surrounded by the blazing structure, the outlet reported, citing emergency radio. A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police sergeant was on the task force but was not struck by gunfire, Jennings said. The sergeant called for backup, and that's when the four responding Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers were shot, Jennings said. The violence broke out as the task force was serving a warrant on a suspect in possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

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He described what happened when news of the fire spread. The fire moved rapidly because of the amount of exposed wood at the site, the chief said. Charlotte Fire said 90 firefighters responded to the scene.

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Mr. Hughes was wanted for Possession of a Firearm by Felon and Felony Flee to Elude (2 counts) out of Lincoln County, North Carolina. Residents of an adjacent home had to be evacuated while firefighters battled the blaze. Once at the scene, firefighters were met with large flames throughout the home. The blaze broke out on Keswick Avenue, between North Tryon and North Graham streets, sometime before 4 a.m., the Charlotte Fire Department said.

Please allow @charlottefire, @CMPD, and MEDIC time to do their work and protect our city. Johnson thanked fire departments in Pineville, Midland, Wesley Chapel, and Steele Creek for covering Charlotte calls while Charlotte firefighters were in SouthPark. By about noon, the majority of the flames had been extinguished, and firefighters were focused on dousing hotspots throughout the building.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is asking people to avoid the SouthPark area so their crews can respond to the fire efficiently. Drivers are being asked by CMPD to avoid Liberty Drive, Assembly Street, Barclay Downs Drive and Park South Drive until all flames are contained. By 6 p.m., Fairview Road was reopened during the congested evening commute. — A five-alarm fire near the SouthPark Mall in south Charlotte broke out Thursday, causing a massive first responder presence to fight it. We’ve been advised to stay away from the SouthPark area until further notice and residents who live nearby, please stay inside.

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The fire was mostly extinguished as of noon, though firefighters were still spraying hot spots. There was ash all over the ground, and traffic was stopped on many surrounding streets. A construction worker who was trapped in a crane when the fire broke out has been rescued, Queen City News reports. A construction worker said the seven-story building was set to become an apartment community called Modera SouthPark, according to WCNC.

The five-alarm blaze happened on Liberty Row Drive near Fairview Road. Construction worker Demonte Sherrill, 30, died in the fire, family members said. “The crew of Ladder 24 immediately began treating the patient on scene,” Farnum said. This was one of the deadliest recent attacks on law enforcement in the United States. More recently, Romain has been frequently invited to be a guest speaker or presenter at community events. As of Tuesday morning, he was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at WFAE's EQUALibrium awards gala on June 27.

Firefighters rescued 15 construction workers from the fire, including one person who was stuck on top of a crane. Johnson said that firefighters had to set up hose lines to protect the crane before they could go and make the rescue. By Thursday evening, not much of the apartment building remained. Many of the construction workers said there were crews on every floor of the building. They said when the flames sparked, the workers themselves tried to put out the fire. But because of how quickly it spread, it was impossible for the workers to get it under control.

And we pray for the recoveries of the courageous officers who were wounded,” he added. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Joshua Eyer, who only just was named officer of the month for April, died several hours later at the hospital. As he backed away to safety, officers could be seen rushing at least one injured colleague from the scene. Meanwhile, another clip showed a truck driver filming multiple officers fleeing and calling for those nearby to seek cover as gunfire rang out in the background. In one video, a man could be heard begging for someone to unlock the door to a home as he filmed two armed officers hiding behind a car in his yard as they fired off a barrage of bullets. From 43 fire stations, including two stations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, CFD protects a population of more than 892,000 residing in 320 square miles of Mecklenburg County.

Officials said firefighters were tasked with extinguishing the "very fast-moving" fire, which was over 2,000 degrees. The site of the fire had two twin buildings that were under construction. Firefighters did successfully extinguish small fires that had spread to the second building. That second building was largely undamaged during the five-alarm fire across the street. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Chief Johnny Jennings had praise Friday for firefighters who helped bring the 15 workers to safety. "The fire spread rapidly," Johnson said at the news conference Friday.

Huge flames are seen billowing out from the roof of the structure in a separate video, recorded by the Twitter user @mr_veal from inside a building across the street. The fire captain told CBS News that on Thursday night, structural engineers deemed it unsafe for heavy machinery to operate overnight, so search and rescue efforts were paused until morning. Efforts resumed in the morning as machinery was used to search under debris.

Witnesses told Channel 9′s Joe Bruno that the fire started on the second floor. Construction workers said there were nearly 100 people working at the site at the time of the fire. That same month, a gunman fatally shot three officers and injured three others in Baton Rouge, La.