You can see here when
Austin Walker was out there,
he said the top of this, what wn
apartment building under construction,
completely collapsed, but.
It looks to me like they've maye
finally put out that huge plume of smoke.
Like Ben said, we were seeing fm
Uptown and from our view camera
and for a while there the flames
were so intense it looked like
they didn't have it under contr.
But it looks like Charlotte Fire
Department has finally got this
under control a little bit.
Here
we do have to say, I mean,
even with with the house fires,
we cover you honestly.
Don't always know for perhaps hs
afterwards because there's those hot spots.
And when you have the building,
when you have the building this size,
trying to get a hold of it and w
for sure that you have got a hae
on it is going to be a herculean
task for some of these firefigh.
And that's why you still see thm
fighting it with with the water.
And you can see how adding
too. I mean some of these maters
are flammable in and of themsel.
So to say that it's under contr,
it's hard for us to say that from the desk,
right, because they're facing
some elements that we don't,
we're not even aware of because we can
only get so close with our came.
Let's send it out
to Jane Montreal.
She's live on the scene for us.
I believe we have her now.
Jane, what can
you tell us,
Sarah? We are right across the street from
the fire here off Fairview and Piedmont Row.
We arrived here about 10 minutes
ago where the flames were pretty
furious and and and and fiery,
but that you can see that Gray smoke right
now as things are looking to dissipate,
at least in the air.
From our vantage point,
I can tell you with the.
Light wind gusts and the breeze.
There was a debris falling on u,
certainly some of the ashes and you know it
is the smoke that is also quite dangerous.
So for those who have asthma or
respiratory issues that are homr
in the office want to stay insi.
We do see a lot of spectators
here on the sidewalk right now.
I also spoke to a construction
worker who has worked on and off
this site for the past few mont.
He did say that it started seemo
have started from an insulation.
Truck.
So we're going to work on getting our
own independent confirmation on that,
but an insulation truck would
be enough fuel to burn like it
did at this construction site.
Again,
we are just watching all of the
crews here arrive on scene and
trying to gather as much informn
from witnesses as well as emergy
responders here on scene.
So we'll be here throughout the
morning covering this up until w
though it looks like at least traffic
wise things are under control.
The energy is not as panicked os
rushed as it was when we first got here,
but they are moving spectators
away from the the building itse.
They certainly moved us across e
street and feel here if you cann
over to some of the construction
workers right there on the corn.
It looks like they may have word
from that site as well. I'm als.
Talking to some people or look
watching some people that are
putting their masks on people,
some people were coughing.
So the the the smoke here is pretty intense.
It's Gray and then outside of ts
perimeter I can see some blue s.
So yeah,
it's not so cloudy,
but it is Gray because of all of the smoke
which obviously you can see for miles.
For now back to you guys in the studio
with with the video we're seein.
It's very easy to get caught
up in in the the damage that's
happening there but what we
know about the people involved.
Have we heard anything,
have we seen anything of people
getting treated there on scene?
Ben, we have not seen anyone as far as
like a triage situation being treated.
We do see just people walking on their
own accord, you know, out and about here.
But you know people are just
covering their mouths right now.
But I'm. I'm working again.
Again to gather what what is happening?
We did see another medic.
A unit arrive here on scene as l
without sirens so that somewhat
of an encouraging sign. Then.
Jane, can you elaborate a little
bit more on what you're hearing
about this insulation truck?
Yeah hard to say.
I asked like what time did this start and
fire the one fire fire that I spoke to.
She said all they did was get a ticket.
She doesn't recall what the the.
The actual cause of was, yet ths
yet to be determined and confir.
The one construction worker I spoke to said,
yeah, it is a real mess out the.
He doesn't remember what time it was and
as far as like the size of the truck,
you know these insulation truck,
it's a lot of lot of material to put up on
these new apartments and and complexes so.
Again, we're working to determie
how many trucks were unseen,
how big that truck was.
But certainly insulation is a mr
fuel for a big fire like this.
All right, Jane, thank you for .