Charlotte fire inspector visited SouthPark site days before deadly fire

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• Charlotte Shooting
• Update: 2 workers killed as massive fire destroys SouthPark apartment building under construction
• Smoke visible for miles
• President Biden visits families of officers killed in Charlotte
• Royal Caribbean worker arrested at Port Everglades for child sexual abuse material, authorities say

The two men who died were unable to get out of the fire, officials said. Construction workers told the Charlotte Fire Department that there are still two construction workers that are unaccounted for. 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.

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Firefighters said 15 workers were rescued from the construction site, including a crane operator. However, as of Friday, one worker was killed and another has not yet been located. Photos tweeted by the department show flames and heavy black smoke shooting out of what appears to be a residential building under construction as crews attempt to battle the blaze.

Update: 2 workers killed as massive fire destroys SouthPark apartment building under construction

— The two construction workers who were missing after the historic five-alarm fire in Charlotte's South Park neighborhood broke out have died during the blaze, officials confirmed Friday. Fifteen people, including a crane operator, were rescued by firefighters Thursday. The two people who died in the 2,000-degree fire were believed to be on the sixth floor of a building before flames tore through the area, officials said. Charlotte firefighters arrived within minutes of the first call, which was placed around 9 a.m.

Smoke visible for miles

President Biden released a statement honoring the fallen officers. Charlene Middleton, a 36-year-old school counselor, has lived in the area her whole life and, since 2015, in a home across the street from where the incident occurred. When she returned home from work in the evening, she said, she saw casings scattered all over the street, as well as a large police presence. By evening, shelter-in-place orders had been lifted, and yellow crime scene tape sectioned off part of the street where the shooting had occurred. This time, an unnamed CFD employee responded from the public information office account with new information, claiming the contractor was never on-site but spoke to the contractor in a nearby parking lot. That record contradicts repeated statements from Charlotte Fire Marshal Kevin Miller that no one from the department ever visited the construction site.

Jennings said the fallen officers were "heroes that were just simply trying to keep our community safe." "The prestigious SouthPark neighborhood sits about six miles south of Uptown Charlotte and puts residents within one mile of more than 65 restaurants, 1,200 hotel rooms and various entertainment options." The Charlotte Fire Department says it is battling a massive blaze Thursday at a construction site in the North Carolina city’s SouthPark area. The fire chief also maintained that the fire was accidental, and said it appears to have been sparked by a spray insulation foam trailer fire. Within hours of the fire breaking out, firefighters said 15 people were rescued, but two were unaccounted for.

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“Obviously, the building's still in a state where it is not safe for all of our members to go in,” Johnson said. The chief said investigators aren't sure what set off the blaze and haven't been able to do a thorough investigation of the trailer. "The fire spread rapidly," Johnson said at the news conference Friday. "We watched it start to smoke gradually, and then we saw the smoke get bigger, and then, initially, the front of the building caught on fire," the witness described. The cloud of smoke from the fire was so thick it was registering on the radar.

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Residents living near Galway Drive, which is located near Julian Underwood Park, were told to stay inside their homes until police were able to make the neighborhood safe around 5 p.m. The shooting occurred at a home not far from the intersection of The Plaza and Milton Road. The CMPD SWAT team and MEDIC's mass casualty unit were among those who responded to the shooting scene. After officers shot Hughes, SWAT negotiated with the others inside the home. "I do know that they were immediately met with gunfire," Johnny Jennings, the CMPD police chief, said Tuesday.

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Two apartment buildings were under construction when a spray foam insulation trailer caught fire in one of the building’s parking decks on May 18. Marshals task force was serving a warrant at a home Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials said. A witness told the Charlotte Observer newspaper that the crane operator's wife watched from the ground as the rescue operation unfolded before paramedics whisked the man away to a local hospital. A construction worker said the seven-story building was set to become an apartment community called Modera SouthPark, according to WCNC. Johnson told media crews Thursday there were even several 'maydays' involved in the rescue.

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The fire started shortly after 9am on Liberty Row Drive. When conditions changed, the rescuers transmitted their own distress call and another company of firefighters was dispatched to rescue the first group. Unfortunately, neither set of firefighters was able to locate the two trapped workers. — Charlotte city officials confirmed that two people died in the five-alarm fire that ignited Thursday morning in the South Park area of Charlotte. Their fire alarm started to go off in their building, so the office workers evacuated.

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For the latest breaking news, weather and traffic alerts, download the WCNC Charlotte mobile app. 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.

(WBTV) - Leaders from the City of Charlotte provided media with an update regarding Thursday’s massive SouthPark fire on Friday afternoon. Johnson said the mostly wooden-frame apartment building caught fire quickly. Johnson said the initial investigation shows the fire started in a spray foam insulation truck, and appears to be accidental. “The men and women of this department put themselves in harm’s way and actually had to call for assistance themselves to get out of this fire. That’s how fast it was moving,” Fire Chief Reginald Johnson said.

We are deeply saddened by the tragic passing of the two people who were missing in the construction fire that took place yesterday. This is the worst thing that can happen in our industry and there are no words that can express the emotions we are experiencing from this loss. The charred remains of the building are still deemed "unsafe" Friday and emergency personnel are on the scene monitoring hot spots. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Chief Johnny Jennings had praise Friday for firefighters who helped bring the 15 workers to safety. At a construction site off Liberty Row Drive near Fairview Road, near SouthPark Mall.