3 displaced after unattended cooking causes fire in north Charlotte home

By: WSOCTV.com News Staff
Updated: June 1, 2020 - 8:05 AM

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Firefighters say a house fire in north Charlotte was caused by unattended cooking early Monday morning.

The fire started around 3:15 a.m. on Morgan Street.

Update Structure Fire; 4500 block of Morgan St; good work from firefighters at Station 13 who removed two occupants from the home; both were evaluated by @MecklenburgEMS; @CFD_Alarm received the 911 call at 3:15am & Station 13 arrived on scene at 3:19am. pic.twitter.com/roAtCMtsps
— Charlotte Fire Dept (@CharlotteFD) June 1, 2020

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Firefighters estimate the damage to be around $10,000.

Four people were inside the house at the time of the fire. MEDIC said two people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but they are expected to be OK.

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The Red Cross is helping the three people who have been displaced by the fire.

No other information has been released.

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