McDougald Terrace residents are on edge after having three fires in just one week. The fires coincide with the approaching one year anniversary of when a carbon monoxide crisis pushed people from their homes.
WE'LL TIME THAT OUT APPEAR TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH IS HEADED OUR WAY. >>> THE FOLK WHO LIVE IN A DURHAM HOUSING COMPLEX ARE ON EDGE RIGHT NOW AFTER THREE FIRES THERE IN JUST A WEEK. THE LATEST HAPPENED JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. THE TIMING OF THESE FIRES IS ESPECIALLY TRAUMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE WOULD LIVE HERE AN WE ARE MARKING THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF A CARBON MONOXIDE CRISIS THERE AS WELL. WRAL'S DURHAM REPORTER, SARA KRUEGER, IS LIVE ON DAY TOP STREET WITH A LOOK AT THIS LATEST FIRE. >> Reporter: JEFF, UNIT B RIGHT BEMINE ME HERE IS WHERE THAT FIRE WAS THIS MORNING AND FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL ON THE SCENE HERE. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS FIRE IS THE THIRD ONE HERE AT McDOUGAL TERRACE IN SEVEN DAYS. AS FOR THE FIRST TWO, WE KNOW ONE WAS CAUSED ACCORDING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BY SOMEONE LEAVING A FAN TOO CLOSE TO THEIR HEATER. A SECOND ONE WE'RE TOLD STARTED IN A PANTRY BUT WE DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY HOW. NO WORD ON TODAY'S FIRE JUST YET. >> RESIDENTS ARE STARTING TO GET SCARED. THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED. MY PHONE IS BLOWING UP. MY FACEBOOK IS BLOWING UP BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BEING AROUND THE ONE- YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF US BEING EVACUATED FROM THE MAC. >> Reporter: AND WITHIN THE LAST 30 MINUTES, I GOT A CALL FROM THE DURHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY CEOE TOLD ME HE DOES NOT HAVE DETAILS ON THE LATEST FIRE JUST YET BUT AS FOR THE FIRST TWO, HE SAID THEY WERE WHAT HE CALLED USER ERROR CAUSED BY RESIDENTS' ACTIONS. HE SAYS THIS IS NOT INDICATIVE OF A KIND OF A BROADER ISSUE. THE RESIDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT ASHLEY KENNEDY TOLD ME SHE KNOWS ALL THREE FAMILIES INVOLVE IN THE APARTMENT FIRES. HE SOME SAYS ALL OF THEM HAVE CHILDREN AND SHE IS WORKING WITH ALL OF THEM TO OFFER WHATEVER KIND OF SUPPORT THEY MAY NEED.
