Medic: 2 firefighters hurt after battling house fire along Lake Wylie

VIDEO: Two firefighters were hurt responding to a fire along the North Carolina side of Lake Wylie early Friday morning. The blaze was reported on Buckie Court in the Steele Creek area, not far from the McDowell Nature Preserve. Medic confirmed the two firefighters were hurt and said one was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The other was treated at the scene but did not go to the hospital. Multiple Charlotte Fire Department crews were called to the scene, including a fire boat. Video from the scene showed large flames shooting into the air. Officials have not yet said what caused the blaze.
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5 students, driver hurt when buses on class trip collide in Gaston County

VIDEO: Several students and a bus driver were taken to the hospital when two charter buses headed to Carowinds for a class trip collided Friday morning. It happened around 9:40 a.m. on the ramp from Interstate 85 North to Ozark Avenue, Gaston County Emergency Services said. According to a spokesperson for the school district, five students who reported soreness and a bus driver all went to the hospital to be checked out by EMS. Gastonia police confirmed to Channel 9 that about 85 middle school students and 21 chaperones were on the two buses and were headed to Carowinds for a class trip. Channel 9 has learned Carowinds was hosting its Festival of Music on Friday, and a parent said the students are all in the sixth grade band.
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Child injured, 4 displaced in Fayetteville house blaze caused by ‘cooking fire,’ officials say

VIDEO: A child was injured and four people have been displaced following a house fire that broke out in Fayetteville early Thursday morning. The Fayetteville Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire in the 7200 block of Ainsley Street just after 1:37 a.m. The first units to arrive found a single-family home with light smoke coming from the remnants of a cooking fire. According to the fire department, the blaze was partially put out by the residents of the home before crews arrived. Firefighters extinguished what was left and made sure the fire hadn’t spread to other areas. The incident was investigated by a Fayetteville Fire Department company officer and was determined to be the “result of unattended/improper cooking and was accidental in nature.”
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Denton Fire Department hosting benefit dinner for fallen Lexington fire captain

VIDEO: It’s been nearly a month since fallen Lexington Fire Captain Ronnie Metcalf died after suffering severe burns while responding to a house fire in Lexington. Now, the Denton Fire Department, where he spent several years serving the community, is making sure his family is taken care of. A uniform and helmet are still on display in a garage locker at the DFD as a reminder of Metcalf. Before he spent 19 years serving the people of Lexington, Denton Fire Chief Brandon Dorsett says Metcalf once called the DFD home. “Ronnie taught me a lot throughout the years,” Dorsett said. On March 26, while responding to a house fire on West Fifth Street in Lexington, Metcalf became trapped inside, and flames burned 60% of his body.
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