A huge fire that tore through part of a Carrboro residential complex on Monday and destroyed eight units also displaced numerous residents and left one man dead.
On Tuesday, officials confirmed that 53-year-old Thomas Owens Jr. died in the fire.
Fire officials said flames swept across the second floor of the Hillmont Condominiums on Fidelity Street and damaged nearby units. However, the town’s fire chief said the flames stopped short of spreading further because of a firewall…