Charlotte, NC Three Firefighters Injured in House Fire 4/18/24

[LaurenSkye]

Three firefighters are being treated for serious, but not life-threatening, injuries from a house fire that was intentionally set on Thursday.

Charlotte house fire where 3 firefighters were injured was intentionally set

Emergency personnel took three local firefighters with minor injuries to the hospital in an early-morning north Charlotte house fire.

www.qcnews.com

Additional information from Legeros Fire Line on Facebook

Charlotte Fire has posted information and video from this morning's house fire on Grimes Street that involved a mayday after interior conditions changed rapidly. Three firefighters were injured with serious, non-life threatening injuries. See news release in this CFD tweet: https://twitter.com/CharlotteFD/status/1781045125948268842.
Listen to an hour of condensed radio traffic at
https://youtu.be/d2jBXRNI-ZI
Narrative notes from the radio traffic: Dispatched 2:40 a.m. for B1 E4 E18 E11 E22 L4 Safety 1. Upgraded to working fire while units were en route, due to heavy smoke seen on camera.
Engine 11 arriving with heavy fire from the front of a two-story structure. Additional units included R11 B3 INV2 Tower 18 C8 C17 INV5.
Mayday sounded at approximately 2:58 a.m., after interior conditions rapidly changed. Automatic second alarm with B2 E1 E13 E2 L1 Rehab 1.
Additional units included C208 E8 C3 C3 B7.

Statement from Charlotte Fire Department on Twitter in image below