Dozens of people were displaced after a two-alarm fire caused severe damage at an apartment complex off South Boulevard in south Charlotte Tuesday morning.
The fire happened at the Beacon Hill Apartments, just off Tyvola Road, around 3:30 a.m. The Charlotte Fire Department said the fire was caused by "discarded smoking materials." Officials said 40 people were displaced and assisted by the Red Cross.
Charlotte fire officials said the fire caused an estimated $330,000 in damage.
People who live in the apartment complex said they are devastated by the fire.
"I went to the living room and I saw the neighbor across the streets yelling and crying and then I saw the flames coming down," Terrance Alston said.
The fire happened when most people were sleeping, and many escaped with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
"There wasn’t any chance to grab anything," Briana, who only shared her first name, said about a displaced family she is now helping. "They left barefoot. They came to neighbors and they clothe them."
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