INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A man was killed and a woman was injured after an overnight house fire in Indian Trail, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office.
Around 3 a.m. on Sunday, deputies responded to a house fire on the 5600 block of Secrest Shortcut Road. When they arrived, about half of the residence was covered in flames, and they heard a woman screaming from inside.
She was found at a window on the opposite side of the house. Officials said she was safely taken out of the building. When the fire department arrived, they found a man in the area where the fire was most intense. He was removed from the home, and first responders started life-saving measures.
Both occupants were taken to a local hospital; however, the man, 59 years old and the owner of the home, later died. His name was not released…