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

Table Of Content

• Update: 2 workers killed as massive fire destroys SouthPark apartment building under construction
• Procession to Catawba County honors fallen corrections officer
• CFD: 15 workers rescued, 2 unaccounted for in Charlotte construction site fire
• GoFundMe Accounts Created For Officers Affected By Monday’s Deadly Shooting
• $850k in damages reported, 30 people displaced following large apartment fire in south Charlotte
• Charlotte Shooting

The fourth officer killed during the shooting Monday was identified by the U.S. The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction identified Sam Poloche and Alden Elliott as two of the other killed officers. Both Poloche and Elliott were 14-year veterans of the agency.

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

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. As of mid Thursday afternoon, the department said, two construction workers were unaccounted for. Firefighters in North Carolina rescued at least 15 people including a crane operator Thursday after a five-alarm fire involving injuries broke out at a construction site near downtown Charlotte. This month, two police officers were killed outside a home near Syracuse, N.Y., during a shootout after they were following up on a traffic violation. As the police approached the shooter, Chief Jennings told reporters, the officers were met with more gunfire from inside the home. After a long standoff, two women in the home were taken to a police station to be interviewed, the police later said in a statement.

Procession to Catawba County honors fallen corrections officer

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. "And he certainly dedicated his life and gave his life to serve our citizens." The fire started on the second floor, according to witnesses. “I was hoping but just from the (Facebook Live), and the way the room filled up with smoke, I didn’t see it being any hope at that time,” she said.

CFD: 15 workers rescued, 2 unaccounted for in Charlotte construction site fire

(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. "His family said he was a hard worker, a loving father and a family man," said Lyles. "We grieve with you, especially with Mr. Sherill's children." SouthPark Mall was closed due to the proximity of the fire and motorists were advised to stay away from the area as several roads were closed.

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.

GoFundMe Accounts Created For Officers Affected By Monday’s Deadly Shooting

The violent episode on Monday was one of the deadliest attacks on law enforcement in recent years. In July 2016, five officers were killed in Texas after an armed sniper opened fire in downtown Dallas during a demonstration against fatal police shootings. Four Dallas police officers and one transit officer were killed. The police killed the gunman, Micah Johnson, 25, with an explosive sent by a remote-controlled robot. A construction worker who was trapped in a crane when the fire broke out has been rescued, Queen City News reports. A large fire broke out Thursday morning at a construction site near Charlotte's SouthPark area, and 15 people, including a crane operator, were rescued as crews battled the blaze.

Thursday at an apartment complex that was under construction. When Chopper 9 Skyzoom flew over the scene, our crews spotted one construction worker stuck at the top of a crane that was over the apartment building. Charlotte Fire Chief Reginald Johnson said firefighters rescued 15 workers from the building, including one who was on a crane. Paramedics said he was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The cloud of smoke from the fire was so thick it was registering on the radar. WCNC Charlotte Forecaster Larry Sprinkle said, due to the smoke, the air quality skyrocketed to the "very unhealthy" level. Sprinkle strongly encouraged everyone to stay inside because the dense smoke is in the air, and experts aren't aware yet what is in the smoke chemical-wise. "A Mayday is required when we have to send other firefighters to rescue those companies," the fire official explained.

The only trail of any kind of communication is just between my inspector and the general contractor for the sprinkler system,” Miller said. That record contradicts repeated statements from Charlotte Fire Marshal Kevin Miller that no one from the department ever visited the construction site. The five-alarm fire, one of the largest in Charlotte history, took two workers’ lives, Demonte Sherrill and Reuben Holmes. (WBTV) - A Charlotte Fire Department inspector visited the South Park construction site that caught fire in late May just seven days before the blaze.

Candle burned out of control sparking apartment fire in South Charlotte - Fox 46 Charlotte

Candle burned out of control sparking apartment fire in South Charlotte.

Posted: Mon, 06 Nov 2023 08:00:00 GMT [source]

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles identified one as Demonte Sherill, a father of four. More than 90 firefighters were called to battle a massive fire at an apartment complex that was under construction near SouthPark Mall Thursday. The fire started shortly after 9am on Liberty Row Drive. Demonte Sherrill, a father and family man, was identified as one of the two who died in the massive fire. — Charlotte city officials confirmed that two people died in the five-alarm fire that ignited Thursday morning in the South Park area of Charlotte. A crane operator was stuck in the cab high above the fire and fortunately, first responders later rescued the worker.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, who spoke at Monday's news conference, said the community must honor the deputy marshals who lost their lives and the wounded officers. The city's police chief announced Monday night that a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer who had been wounded, Joshua Eyer, had also died. Demonte Sherrill was one of the two construction workers who were unaccounted for immediately after the fire. A construction worker said the seven-story building was set to become an apartment community called Modera SouthPark, according to WCNC.

The officer, Joshua Eyer, who had been with the department for six years, was helping other officers arrest the suspect when he was shot, the police said. Eight law officers were shot on Monday, four fatally, as a U.S. Marshals fugitive task force tried to serve a warrant in Charlotte, N.C., the police said, in one of the deadliest days for law enforcement in recent years. Johnson said one of those rescued was a crane operator who had minor injuries. He added the construction foreman confirmed the two unaccounted-for workers. 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.

"It was news they'd hoped would never come. North Carolina and this country lost four heroes and saw four other heroes wounded." 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. But as of Thursday afternoon, two workers who were in the area of the construction site where the fire initially broke out remain unaccounted for, the newspaper added.