Massive fire near Southpark Mall in Charlotte

Officials are responding to a large fire in the SouthPark Mall area of south Charlotte Thursday.
The Charlotte Fire Department is responding to the blaze along Liberty Row Drive, not far from SouthPark Towers.
WCNC Charlotte crews could see large smoke clouds and fire rising into the area from the area of Barclay Downs Drive and Fairview Road. 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, Fairview Road, Assembly Street, Barclay Downs Drive and Parkk South Drive until all flames are contained.
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WCNC Charlotte crews arrived on the scene and saw the aggressive flames destroying the wooden structure, causing beams to collapse.
The cloud of smoke from the fire is so thick it's registering on the radar. In fact, a Public Safety Alert went out to smartphones in the area that said "CFD is battling a large fire in SouthPark, do not call 911 unless you have an emergency."
No word on what caused the fire.
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[@jordanjake5]

I hate that this happened! I live so close to charlotte and I am so glad my family wasn’t there when it happened! I hope everyone is okay!

[@bodyworkbywayne]

Should be illegal to build these big apartment buildings out of wood!! How long will it be before one of these building burn after they are occupied and people are killed? Buildings of this size should be built of brick, cement and steel.

[@tamirajohnellestyle]

Exactly! I lived across the street and it was the only complex that was built with brick, cement and steel. As soon as they said that that’s when I made the decision to move there.

[@556mal3]

R.I.P to the 2 workers yelling for help

[@Blaketooslicc]

Crazy… I pray for us a lot

[@ericoxner8333]

I have suffered a house fire I mean it's nothing compared to this.But fire can spread very very fast.And the smoke can be so thick.Sorry to hear about two men being lost to the fire.May they 🙏.

[@darkangel7589]

Going down to South Park, gonna have myself a time…

[@refinedqueen2260]

This reminds me of 9/11 when victims called their family to say their last goodbyes 😢

[@lazynow1]

Must be all wood construction, its criminal to build something this large out of all wood

[@tamirajohnellestyle]

Oh crap I used to live across the street. My old dentist office is in that “6100” building.

[@dylancarter3771]

Anyone wanna let him know wood and lumber are the same…..

[@tonytune4342]

Wood construction is fine , but not in such a large building !

[@lazynow1]

Yea, its becoming VERY popular because of the cost advantage, its criminal, as you can see, when it goes with all that resin in the "engineered" wooden support structures, it burns quickly

[@williamhoitink3658]

Jit definitely toasty in that crane

[@ChristopherWarner-uu1vl]

My dad died in it

[@idontknow20404]

🧢

[@elvalenaklopper3656]

Sad to come to your end like this and even worse for the family to cope with it. Thinking of all that lost family and friends in this tragedy 🙏🙏🙏

[@Anonymous594]

🙏🏿 🔥✨🤪💕♥️

[@kevinaaronpugareyes1223]

OMG KILLED KENNY

[@idontknow20404]

grow up dude

[@Luv_Edds]

PIN ME! EXPLANATION: so these men were building a luxury apartment, when they put the insulation in it caught fire. Many people evacuated and/or were saved. But many claim people were still in there, in counting (2) or more people are believed to be in there. This was a huge 5 alarm fire near the South Park mall. The dark black smoke was very bad for the air, the air quality went down. This is a tragic site. Please pray for those who are believed to be in the building and for their family.