Two Workers Killed As Massive Fire Destroys SouthPark Apartment Building Under Construction
Date postedMay 31, 2023
A fire broke out at a construction site in the 7700 block of Liberty Row Drive in Charlotte on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Emergency crews worked for hours to extinguish a five-alarm fire at a construction site in south Charlotte that left an apartment building under construction totally destroyed.
The blaze broke out a little after 9 a.m. at a construction site on the 7700 block of Liberty Row Drive, across the street from SouthPark Mall. One person was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover, paramedics said. But Charlotte Fire Department Chief Reginald Johnson said Friday evening that the remains of two workers had been found in the smoldering wreckage.