Massive fire erupts in Charlotte, North Carolina's SouthPark area

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• President Biden visits families of officers killed in Charlotte
• Chris Hemsworth and wife Elsa Pataky make rare red carpet appearance with 10-year-old twin sons
• Man kills wife, 3 kids in mass shooting: Police
• Update: 2 workers killed as massive fire destroys SouthPark apartment building under construction

Video from the scene showed a construction worker was trapped in the crane that was in the middle of the construction zone. That worker was rescued from the crane a short time later. He was transported to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries.

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Photos tweeted by the department show flames and heavy black smoke shooting out of what appears to be a residential building under construction as crews attempt to battle the blaze. Additional footage taken by CBS affiliate WBTV captured a thick plume of black smoke rising up from the burning structure. Two construction workers were killed in a massive fire at a Charlotte construction site Thursday, which fire officials said was accidental. Three other Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers who responded to the scene were shot while trying to rescue the wounded officers.

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Fifteen people, including a crane operator, were rescued by firefighters Thursday. The two people who died in the 2,000-degree fire were believed to be on the sixth floor of a building before flames tore through the area, officials said. A construction worker on the scene of the massive fire told WCNC Charlotte that he and his crew were working in the building before the massive blaze. He said the 7-story building was set to become a 239-unit luxury multifamily community, known as Modera SouthPark.

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President Joe Biden was briefed on the shooting and spoke with Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles to express his condolences and support for the community. The neighborhood, of one– and two-story, brick homes and small trimmed lawns, is very safe, said Alex Rivera, who lives on a street nearby. Rissa Reign was cleaning her house when she heard the first shots ring out. There was a pause, then a second set of shots and then a third. After the home was cleared, the helicopter pilot said he couldn’t show the front lawn of the home because the scene was too graphic and disturbing. "Your father, your husband, your friend, your neighbor ... and today they're not going home," she said.

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A firefighter climbed up to help the crane operator safely climb down the ladder shortly before 11 a.m. The blaze also involved a building in a construction zone which partially collapsed, the Charlotte Observer reported. Walter Morris said his nephew was in a construction crane above the site and could not get down initially because the flames were so high.

As he backed away to safety, officers could be seen rushing at least one injured colleague from the scene. Medic confirmed one person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and another with minor injuries. Dozens of firefighters utilized at least two ladder trucks to battle the blaze on Graham Street, which was blocked off between Sixth and 10th streets.

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Eight officers were hit with gunfire and transported to local hospitals. More than 100 rounds littered the scene, said Chief Johnny Jennings of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police. He added that it was not clear how many rounds had been fired by the suspect and how many by the at least 12 officers who returned fire. Officials said on Tuesday that the man who killed four officers trying to serve arrest warrants on him was armed with a powerful AR-15-style rifle and a 40-caliber handgun. “Today we lost some heroes who were out simply trying to keep our community safe,” Jennings said at a news conference.

Charlotte firefighters arrived within minutes of the first call, which was placed around 9 a.m. Thursday morning, according to the Charlotte Fire Department. Fire officials said over 90 firefighters fought the fire and rescued 15 workers from the burning construction site. One person had to be rescued after becoming trapped atop a crane.

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Chief Johnson also confirmed that two construction workers lost their lives in the fire. Firefighters rescued 15 construction workers from the fire, including one person who was stuck on top of a crane. Johnson said that firefighters had to set up hose lines to protect the crane before they could go and make the rescue.

Huge flames are seen billowing out from the roof of the structure in a separate video, recorded by the Twitter user @mr_veal from inside a building across the street. The fire captain told CBS News that on Thursday night, structural engineers deemed it unsafe for heavy machinery to operate overnight, so search and rescue efforts were paused until morning. Efforts resumed in the morning as machinery was used to search under debris. A friend of one of the men who was killed in the fire, 30-year-old Demonte Sherrill, told WCNC Charlotte they fear he died when the building collapsed on top of him.

Exposed wood at the construction site allowed the fire to move quickly, reaching scorching temperatures well over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the chief. One worker has died after firefighters battled a massive, five-alarm blaze that broke out Thursday morning at a construction site in Charlotte, North Carolina. Johnson also confirmed that two "maydays" were issued after firefighters had issues getting out of the fire while rescuing some of the construction workers. Three members of the task force were pronounced deceased at the hospital, officials said Monday night. Todd Ishee, North Carolina’s Secretary of Adult Corrections, confirmed in a statement that two of the task force members were 14-year Department of Adult Corrections veterans Sam Poloche and Alden Elliott.