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THE CROWLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A TRAILER HOUSE FIRE ON AVENUE E YESTERDAY JUST AFTER 12PM. THE TRAILER HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE AND A THIRD PERESON WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL BY A RELATIVE. CROWLEY FIRE CHIEF LOUIS ROMERO SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED AND THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL. ROMERO TOLD TV 10 THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED TO TWELVE EMERGENCIES WITHIN A 22 HOUR PERIOD DUE TO THE FREEZING WEATHER.
HICKORY SMOKEHOUSE ON NORTH PINE STREET IN DERIDDER CAUGHT FIRE LAST NIGHT. FIREFIGHTERS TOLD KPLC TV THAT THE BUILDING WAS CONSUMED IN FIRE AND THEY WERE WORKING LATE INTO THE NIGHT TRYING TO PUT OUT ALL THE HOT SPOTS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.
A FAMILY OF SEVEN HAD THEIR HOME SEVERLY DAMAGED BY FIRE MONDAY NIGHT. THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO SEVERAL 9 1 1 CALLS REGARDING SMOKE COMING FROM A HOUSE, AROUND 11:30 MONDAY NIGHT AT THE 2300 BLOCK OF EAST PINHOOK ROAD. WHEN THE FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, THE FIRE WAS SPREADING THROUGH THE ATTIC AND SECOND FLOOR BEDROOMS. THE GUSTY WINDS AIDED IN THE SPREAD OF THE FIRE, LEAVING FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING THE FIRE FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR BEFORE GETTING IT UNDER CONTROL. ONE OF THE OLDER CHILDREN BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE UPSTAIRS AND HE ALERTED HIS DAD AND THE TWO NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FIREPLACE. FLAMES WERE NOTICED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE FIREPLACE AND THE FAMILY GOT OUT OF THE HOME WITHOUT INJURY. FIRE OFFICIALS DETERMINED THE FIRE ORIGINATED WHEN THE WOOD STRUCTURE OF THE FIREPLACE IGNITED AND QUICKLY SPREAD TO THE ATTIC. THE HOMEOWNER WAS BURNING WOOD ALL DAY IN THE FIREPLACE TO HEAT THE HOUSE. THE FIRE HAS BEEN RULED AN ACCIDENT.
THE EXTREME COLD WEATHER HAS FORCED SOME SCHOOLS TO CLOSE AGAIN TODAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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(AP) — A proposed Louisiana congressional map with a second majority-Black district, which could deliver another U.S. House seat to Democrats, advanced through a legislative committee Tuesday afternoon — despite push back from congressmen. Louisiana is among the list of states still wrangling over congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled that Alabama had violated the Voting Rights Act. The battle over Louisiana’s congressional boundaries has played out in the legislative chambers and in court for more than a year and a half. The tense debate has gained bipartisan support, after GOP Gov. Jeff Landry urged the Legislature to adopt a new map that would satisfy the court, instead of possibly putting the task in the hands of a judge.
THERE’S BEEN POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE HARD FREEZE ACROSS THE KAJN LISTENING AREA. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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