Charlotte Fire Department

Charlotte Fire Department

News Media After Action Report

Report # 021809-017

RE: 2rd Alarm Structure Fire / 528 Iverson Way

Benchmarks
Dispatched – 2:45 am
First CFD Unit Arrives – 2:48 am (Engine 2)
Control Time – 4:30 am

CFD Personnel/Units
CFD – 58/ 11
1st Alarm Battalion 1, 3, Engines 2, 12, 1, 10, Ladder 2, Rescue 3, 2nd Alarm Battalion 5, Engines 6, 64, 5 Ladder 1, and Charlotte Fire Investigation Task Force

Structure/ Location
A 2- Story home under construction and four (4) other occupied homes suffered fire damage.

Cause & Origin/ Damage Estimates
The origin and cause of this fire remains under investigation by the Charlotte Fire Investigation Task Force. Damage estimated for the five (5) structures involved in this fire were set at approximately $1 Million.

Injuries/Accidents
N/A

Smoke Alarm
N/A

Evacuations/ Persons Displaced
The occupants of the four (4) homes nearby which caught fire as a result of the original fire were able to evacuate on their own. The American Red Cross responded to assist those temporally displaced and the many public safely officers on scene throughout the incident.

Incident Synopsis
The Charlotte Fire Dept took numerous 911 calls around 2:45 am Wednesday morning reporting a house on fire in the 500 block of Iverson Way. As members of the CFD arrived they reported a 2-story house under construction fully involved with fire, and flames reaching occupied homes on either side. At least four (4) homes near the initial structure fire were able to evacuate on their own. Shorty after CFD companies were knocking down fire conditions; hot fire embers, carried by wind, reached nearby brush and the roof of a 1-story home in the 400 block of Atherton Street. Additional CFD companies responded quickly to control the fire conditions that resulted in roof and attic damage to the home on Atherton St. This multi-alarm incident was under control in about 90 minutes with 58 firefighters called in to service. The Charlotte Fire Investigation Task Force completed the own scene fire investigation late this afternoon as the work into the origin and cause still continues.

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