Shreveport Fire Department has had over 70 calls listed as fires in 2022. In the first 18 days of the year, Shreveport Fire Department has responded to 71 fire-related calls. Some of these calls have resulted in easily extinguished fires caused by fireworks and some in injuries that resulted in complete losses of homes. "Many of our home fires have been vacant," Shreveport Fire Department Chief Assistant Clarence Reese said. Shreveport Fire Department is seeing an increasing number of vacant homes going up in flames due to the cold weather. Reese said, "we have had a string of vacant house fires and that is mainly from people squatting in homes or buildings." While inside the vacant home they will create heat through candles and small brush fires. These brush fires quickly get out of hand resulting in the individuals escaping but leaving another home in despair.