The first firefighters to arrive would deliver the harrowing news: Two people were trapped on an upper floor of the parking garage, with the flames growing a couple levels below them.Ĭrews rushing in were commanded to “back out” and stand back within the first 20 to 30 minutes of working the fire - as fire leaders saw the warning signs of an unstable structure, ready to collapse. The initial vehicle fire escalated to a structure fire almost immediately.įueled by the stacks of wood littering the construction site, the flames grew, and not everyone could evacuate. Workers evacuated as alarms signaled more ladder trucks - and eventually all-hands. It wasn’t hooked up to a vehicle, the radio traffic indicates. The first firefighters to arrive said the flaming trailer couldn’t be moved. The earliest sign of trouble came from a construction crew member’s 911 call reporting a trailer had caught fire inside the garage, according to emergency radio traffic obtained by The Charlotte Observer via Broadcastify. The five-alarm fire, which reached temperatures above 2,000 degrees, caught at 9 a.m., Charlotte Fire Department fire chief Reginald Johnson said at a news conference. “This fire has been difficult for our community, and our firefighters continue to diligently work on scene to find answers.” “With the extensive structural damage, the search process can be lengthy,” Charlotte Fire Department officials said on Twitter.
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