pnbspspan styleline-height 115 font-family Arialsans-serif font-size 10.5ptAt 219am Huntersville Stations 1 and 3 along with Long Creek Fire Department and North Mecklenburg Rescue were dispatched to a reported working structure fire with entrapment on Holbrooks road in Huntersville. Engine 1 arrived on scene within minutes and found a single story house heavily involved with fire showing out the front door. Engine 1s crew immediately observed one occupant being assisted out of a bedroom window by a neighbor with reports of a second person a child trapped in a bedroom further down the hall. While one FF entered the childs bedroom through an outside window with the assistance of a Huntersville Police Officer other FFs made an aggressive fire attack through the front door using an 1 34 line. The aggressive fire attack knocked the fire down quickly however the search of the bedroom did not turn up the trapped child. Unfortunately the child was located moments later deceased in a common area of the house. The other occupant the mother of the child was transported by Medic suffering from smoke inhalation. HFD units remained on scene for almost 8 hrs due to extensive overhaul work and investigation by the Huntersville Police Department and the Mecklenburg County Fire Marshals office. Members of the HFD family were deeply saddened by the passing of the young boy a talented and gifted 9yr old Huntersville resident that perished during the fire. Photos obtained from the Charlotte Observernbsp opopspanspan styleline-height 115 font-family Arialsans-serif font-size 10.5ptspanspan styleline-height 115 font-family Arialsans-serif font-size 10.5pta hrefhttpwww.charlotteobserver.com201110112682181child-9-dies-his-mother-injured.html fcksavedurlhttpwww.charlotteobserver.com201110112682181child-9-dies-his-mother-injured.htmlbfont color800080httpwww.charlotteobserver.com201110112682181child-9-dies-his-mother-injured.htmlfontbaspanppspan styleline-height 115 font-family Arialsans-serif font-size 10.5ptopopspanpp classMsoNormal stylemargin 0in 0in 10ptuspan styleline-height 115 font-family quotArialquotquotsans-serifquot font-size 10.5ptUnits on scenespanuspan styleline-height 115 font-family quotArialquotquotsans-serifquot font-size 10.5pt Huntersville E-1 L-1 T-1 E-3 Long Creek E-3 North Meck Rescueopopspan span styleline-height 115 font-family quotArialquotquotsans-serifquot font-size 10.5ptMedicopopspan span styleline-height 115 font-family quotArialquotquotsans-serifquot font-size 10.5ptMecklenburg County Fire Marshals Officespan and the span styleline-height 115 font-family quotArialquotquotsans-serifquot font-size 10.5ptHuntersville Police Departmentspanspan styleline-height 115 font-family quotArialquotquotsans-serifquot font-size 10.5ptspanbrpp classMsoNormal stylemargin 0in 0in 10ptClick below for more pictures.ppp
