12-26-22
THE SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A FIRE LAST NIGHT AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS THE STORY
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THE LAKE CHARLES FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE ON TULIP STREET ON CHRISTMAS EVE AFTERNOON. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS BELIEVED TO BE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE INVOLVING A GENERATOR. LAKE CHARLES FIRE DISTRICT CHIEF JAMES NEELY SAID THE DAMAGE CAUSED A TOTAL LOSS TO THE HOUSE. NO INJURIES TO THE RESIDENTS WERE REPORTED, BUT THEIR PETS DIED IN THE FIRE.
SATURDAY, THOMAS HAYES, 34 OF ST. MARTINVILLE, WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ON LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 347 NORTH OF THE ST. MARTINVILLE CITY LIMITS. ACCORDING TO THE LOUISIANA STATE POLICE, THEIR INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CRASH HAPPENED AS HAYES WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON LA 347 AND FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROADWAY TO THE LEFT AND HIT A TREE, ENGULFING THE VEHICLE IN FLAMES. HAYES WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. A TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS TAKEN AND RESULTS ARE PENDING. TROOP I HAS INVESTIGATED 59 FATAL CRASHES LEADING TO 66 DEATHS THIS YEAR.
WITH CHRISTMAS FALLING ON SUNDAY THIS YEAR, SOME LOCAL LAFAYETTE PARISH OFFICES ARE CLOSED AND WILL IT EFFECT TRASH PICK UP THIS WEEK.. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS THE STORY
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