Portion of roof collapses as firefighters evacuate abandoned home on fire

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Firefighters were busy Friday afternoon battling a large fire at an abandoned house in northwest Charlotte.

Crews were called around 12:40 p.m. to the home on Pitts Drive, off Beatties Ford Road near the Brookshire Freeway.

The first arriving firefighters reported heavy smoke and flames coming from the house.