CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A large fire ripped through a north Charlotte home that's under construction early Thursday morning.
The Charlotte Fire Department responded to a fire at a two-story home along Keswick Avenue, just off North Tryon Street near the Amtrak station around 3:45 a.m. The home is just a few blocks away from the Optimist Hall dining hall.
When firefighters arrived on the scene, smoke and flames were coming from the building. Charlotte fire shared a video on X showing the building completely engulfed in flames. A team of 20 firefighters was able to get the flames under control in about 20 minutes with no injuries, officials said.
Several neighboring homes were evacuated as a precaution and to give firefighters access to the fire from all directions.
"It changes our fire attack and it changes the threat to the community when a building is open frame like this," the battalion chief said. "Fire can spread quickly in an open frame. Any small amount of fire can spread quickly with exposed wood."
The cause of the fire hasn't been determined and is under investigation.
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