Fire Claims Life of Upstate Man
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Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2015 · News & Politics
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. -- A Spartanburg County man died after a home burned to the ground Tuesday morning. Family members tell News 13 the Reidville fire claimed the life of a 64-year-old man. His nephew, whom we spoke to, said the man was living with a female relative in the house on Reidville Sharon Road. She survived the fire. Only hours from the ordeal, family and neighbors were still in shock. "You don't expect something like that in your neighborhood," neighbor, Ann Engroos, said. Just a few yards away from Engroos, her two neighbors were fighting for their lives. Family members and fire officials tell News 13 the man was trapped, while the woman got away. "The one that did [get away] was in a front bedroom and was able to break out a window and crawl out onto the porch and go to the relative's, which is next door. The house next door _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
