CHARLOTTE, N.C — Firefighters said someone died late Wednesday night in a west Charlotte apartment fire.
The fire, which began in the kitchen, happened around 11 p.m. at the apartment complex on Rose Ridge Place, near Clanton Road and Interstate 77.
Firefighters arrived quickly and got the victim out of the apartment, but that person later died at the hospital.
Their name has not been released.
Update Apartment Fire; 4500 Block of Rose Ridge Pl; 27 FF’s control fire in 18 minutes; 1 victim was removed from fire apt, but pronounced deceased at the hospital; cause of fire was determined to be an accidental cooking fire
— Charlotte Fire Dept (@CharlotteFD) January 30, 2020
Investigators said the cause of the fire was accidental.
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