South Hill Fire Leaves Man in Critical Condition, Cause Under Probe
I can’t get over how quickly life can flip in just a few minutes. On Monday morning, a quiet stretch of South Hill turned into chaos when flames ripped through a duplex on Sherman Avenue.
Firefighters got the call at 10:39 a.m. and, to their credit, they were on scene in about four minutes. By then, smoke was already pushing out of the home and fire had climbed from the first floor up into the second story and attic.
Inside, crews pulled out an unconscious man from the ground floor. He was rushed to Providence Sacred Heart, only a few blocks away, but his condition is critical. As of now, both units of the duplex are unlivable — families who called that place home lost nearly everything in under half an hour…