Horrifying footage from a Facebook Live broadcast at the scene of a devastating fire in North Carolina shows two men trapped in the inferno and pleading for help before they die.
Demonte Tyree Sherrill, 30, was one of two people who died in a massive fire in Charlotte on Thursday.
Footage shows Cheryl making a desperate plea for help before being engulfed in flames.
‘Yo. I’m in South Park right now for work. The building is on fire and I can’t get out. It’s becoming more and more difficult for them to see us,” Cheryl said calmly to the camera.
“The building is on fire and I am trapped inside. Me and my man,’ he said, indicating himself and his partner.
The crew was able to save 15 employees from a massive fire that broke out in an apartment complex under construction. One survivor is trapped by smoke in a high-rise crane.
Demont Tyree Sherrill, 30, who died in a fire in Charlotte, North Carolina, made a desperate plea for help on Facebook Live before succumbing to the smoke.
‘Yo. I’m in South Park right now for work. The building is on fire and I can’t get out. It’s getting harder and harder for them to see us,” Cheryl says calmly to the camera
The Charlotte Fire Department shared images of the inferno on social media last week after a fire broke out at a construction site.
Cheryl appeared to remain incredibly calm in the footage until she called for help.
‘HELP! HELP! HELP!’ he shouted desperately.
“Yes!” This building is on fire. I’m at work. We’re in South Park,’ he repeats once more, before the clip suddenly cuts out.
Sherrill could be heard calling out for help to her family members who witnessed her last harrowing moments on a Facebook Live stream as the entire floor of the building filled with smoke.
“I had hope, but only (from Facebook Live) and the room filled with smoke, I didn’t have hope at that point,” his mother, Onita, told WSOC.
She said she felt numb and shaken after the terrifying ordeal.
Sherrill and another person died in the fire, and crews rescued 15 people from the flames
Visibility for firefighters was hampered by the amount of smoke from the massive fire
At one point, the trapped crane operator tried to rescue the two men before being rescued from the high-rise structure.
Flames could be seen from all sides of the building when the fire broke out
Fire investigators have confirmed the fire started accidentally when the trailer was spraying insulation.
Sherrill was only on her third day of work on site as she installed windows in a newly constructed residential building.
‘He was a good man. Loving father. He’s a caring person and he just wanted to be with his kids, his family,” he added.
Cheryl’s father also saw his son’s desperate situation.
“I went to the scene and all the smoke… I mean, I couldn’t watch,” Terry Campbell told Channel 9.
“I then contacted his supervisor and that’s when his supervisor informed me that it was him,” Campbell said.
“We need time to grieve … We need some time to accept all of this,” Cheryl’s fiancee, Christina Stovall, told the Charlotte Observer. “I was on the phone with him when he was in that building and it was burning and he was screaming for help.”
Firefighters tried to reach the two men and listen to their pleas, but had to abandon their own rescue attempt.
“They were searching in an area with obviously limited visibility,” Charlotte Fire Chief Reginald Johnson said, according to WCNC.
The incident occurred in a multi-story building that was under construction after a spray foam trailer on the first floor suddenly caught fire, according to a subsequent investigation by Charlotte Fire.
Sherrill was only on her third day of work on site as she installed windows in a newly constructed residential building.
An employee told local news that they were told the fire was caused by a generator.
The collapse of the building was captured on video and shared on social networks
Flames from the building could be seen from some distance away and even appeared on weather radar
More than 100 other workers were rescued from the fire as the building collapsed.
Reuben Holmes of Alabama was the other worker who died in the fire that broke out on the fourth floor of the building, which was still under construction.
The fire spread quickly due to the amount of exposed wood in the area.
At one point, a crane operator trapped in his cabin spotted two workers trapped on a balcony and tried to rescue them by swinging a basket over them, but the fire was too intense and he couldn’t reach the pair.
“We got the crane on the basket and tried to get them into the basket so we could lower them down, but that’s when the smoke started to get dark and we saw them,” Alexa Escobar told WSOC.
The crane operator was later rescued after spending about an hour on fire. By then the other two men were dead.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help raise money for the father of four, which has so far raised $10,000
Johnson explained at a press conference that firefighters on the scene were hampered by limited visibility as they tried to locate the workers.
“The men and women of the Charlotte Fire Department extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Mr. Sherrill and Mr. Holmes,” Charlotte Fire said in a statement Tuesday.
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles offered his condolences to Sherrill’s family, describing him as a dedicated worker, loving father and family-oriented man. Cheryl’s children are 13, 12, 10 and 5 years old.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help raise money for the father of four, raising $10,000.
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