East Charlotte Home Damaged by Fire; Puppy Saved from Inside
I want to start by walking you through exactly how this fire unfolded, because when you see the timing and the response, you understand just how close this story came to ending differently.
It was just after 8:30 a.m. on a regular Tuesday in East Charlotte when the first call came in — smoke showing from a home on Monteith Drive in the Hidden Valley neighborhood. Morning fires are always tricky. People are rushing, cooking, getting kids ready, pets moving around. One small spark can turn into a full-scale emergency before anyone even realizes what’s happening.
The crew saw heavy smoke pushing out. That’s usually the moment when every second becomes a race — not just to stop the fire, but to figure out if anyone’s trapped inside…