2 people rescued from northeast Charlotte apartment fire

CHARLOTTE — Two people were rescued from a smoke-filled apartment late Saturday night in northeast Charlotte, according to Charlotte Fire.

The fire broke out at an apartment complex on Wynbrook Way just before 11:20 p.m. Crews showed up at the scene with light smoke showing from the apartment and a second-alarm was struck quicky after the fire started.

Two people were rescued from the fire and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The fire was in one apartment and no one else was hurt.

No other units were damaged in the fire, according to officials.

Channel 9 spoke to Good Samaritans on Sunday who said they tried to help the victims.

“I seen smoke coming from the roof of the apartment across the street,” said one woman. “We started feeling on doors and their door was hot, so we knew it was probably the fire inside.”

The neighbors said they kicked the door and a bunch of smoke hit them in the face.

“We’re yelling and screaming, trying to ask them to get down on the floor and come out,” said one neighbor. “We were really afraid, me already knowing that they already had probably inhaled a lot of smoke cause of how much it affected us when we kicked the door open.”

The husband of the woman helping her told Channel 9 they couldn’t go any further than the doorway.

“It was too hot to even stand at the front door because a big wall of smoke came flying out the door,” he said.

Neighbors told us the two victims were eventually air lifted to a burn unit in Chapel Hill.

“I know they probably still not out of the woods yet,” one neighbor said.

CFD said Monday morning that the cause of the fire was an “unattended candle left lit in the back window sill of the dining area.”

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