Fire chief says cause of house fire in Shreveport is suspicious

The cause of a fire Thursday afternoon that destroyed a two-story house and garage is suspicious, Fire Chief Clarence Reese said. It took 40 firefighters about 30 minutes to get the fire under control at the house in the 300 block of Boulevard Street. The house was vacant, and no utilities were connected, Reese said. “So, suspicious in nature for us. And, of course, it's the middle of the day. Nobody was seen running from the home or anything else for it to just up and go in flames. To go up in flames just out of the blue is immediately going to be suspicious in nature for us,” Reese said. Firefighters received the call just before 1 p.m. The flames started in a detached garage and spread to the house. The first unit was on the scene within 3 minutes of the call.
KTBS-TV ABC 3 Shreveport

Fire in Alexandria part of training exercise

VIDEO: A fire at Xpress Recycling on Thursday morning was part of a training exercise. Video shows multiple firefighters fighting flames from vehicles on Xpress Recycling’s property. The facility’s manager told KALB that Xpress Recycling donated the vehicles and the space for the Alexandria Fire Department to train as a way to help the community. Rapides Fire District 2 also confirmed that this was a training exercise. News Channel 5 originally reported the fire after witnessing it and speaking to neighbors living along Mill Street. Several residents had come out of their homes to see why there was a large amount of smoke nearby.
KALB-TV NBC/CBS/CW+ 5 Alexandria

Ville Platte fire station hit with multiple bullets

VIDEO: In Ville Platte, police are investigating a shooting that happened Monday night resulting in a fire station being struck by bullets while firefighters were asleep inside. Authorities said this is not the first time the fire station has been shot at, in fact it’s happened multiple times. This fire station was struck by bullets in a shooting Monday night. Police told News 10 this isn’t the first time it’s happened, except this time two firefighters were inside. “There was a shooting that took place in the Gabriel Villa Apartment complex,” Sergeant Darrian Guillory with the Ville Platte Police Department said. Officers with the Villa Platte Police Department responded to calls about a shooting Monday night; it happened on Lincoln Road just after 10 p.m. Guillory said when officers got to the scene, they found a person suffering from a gunshot wound.
KLFY-TV CBS 10 Lafayette

Pair escapes fire that destroyed Lafayette Parish mobile home; cat dies in flames

Two people were able to make it out of a mobile home that was destroyed by fire in Lafayette Parish but the owner's pet was not so fortunate. It happened on Cameron Street near Hollier Road in the Sadou area between Scott and Duson on Wednesday, April 24. Fire crews from Duson, Scott, and Judice responded to the fire just before 6:20 a.m. Duson Deputy Fire Chief Glenn Cormier said the homeowner reported burning logs in a fire pit Tuesday night and thought they were out. Neighbors noticed flames on the porch Wednesday morning and alerted the homeowner, who was able to safely escape with his girlfriend. Unfortunately, a cat died in the flames. Lafayette fire investigators are probing the cause but Deputy Chief Cormier added it's likely accidental. The mobile home is a total loss.
KADN-TV FOX 15 Lafayette