Crews were battling a four-alarm fire and at least one rescue operation was reported after a large blaze broke out Thursday morning in Charlotte, North Carolina, first responders said.
The Charlotte Fire Department reported it responded to a structure fire call before 10 a.m. ET in the city’s SouthPark neighborhood. About 10:30 a.m., the department tweeted it was on scene of the four-alarm fire on Liberty Row Drive and was asking people to avoid the area.
The area is about six miles south of downtown Charlotte.
It was not immediately known if any one was injured.
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.
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The blaze also involves a building in a construction zone which partially collapsed, the Charlotte Observer reported.
For more than an hour, firefighters were attempting to help a person trapped on a construction crane surrounded by the blazing structure, the outlet reported, citing emergency radio. The man was reported safe shortly before 11 a.m.
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