The deadly fire happened Monday night at Hillmont Condominiums in Carrboro.
After some McDougald Terrace residents were evacuated from their homes, a Durham activist and attorney is working to make sure they are equipped for a legal battle with the public housing authority.
Workers spent Friday knocking on all 322 occupied units at McDougald -- alerting residents that DHA would pay for voluntarily evacuations to hotels until the authority gets a handle on the carbon monoxide crisis.
The Durham Housing Authority has begun evacuations at the troubled McDougald Terrace public housing complex and plans to put residents in motels until the carbon monoxide risks "have been eliminated."
TRUE HEROES: They were working on a roof at a nearby building when they suddenly heard a father yelling from help.
More than 40 units at West Village sustained damage in Wednesday's explosion. Two residents escaped damage to their home, but they're grieving over the loss of Kong Lee, the beloved owner of Kaffeinate coffee shop.
