house fire

The fire started in the laundry room attached to the carport.

A family of 13 lost everything they own in a house fire this past weekend in New Iberia. Now, the matriarch of the family is desperately asking the Acadiana area for help.

The woman who lives in the home was able to make it out safely.

Lafayette Fire Department Spokesman Alton Trahan says that the home was not secured.

Authorities on the scene say that the home only had one smoke detector inside and it was not working at the time of the blaze, per reports.

The fire has been ruled accidental.

the fire started around 7 pm on Thursday, November 18, 2021.

The fire started at around 11 o'clock Tuesday night.

One firefighter was injured, but no one in the home was hurt.

They say bad things come in threes one Louisiana woman had all three bad things happen in the same night.

Though everyone made it out safely, the water and fire damage left them with almost nothing.

A Facebook post by Emilee Goulas Gautreaux details the needs of the family and how anyone looking to help out can do so.

No one was injured as a result of the fire.

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KATC is reporting that one person is dead after an overnight house fire in the 200 block of Roger Road in Scott.

According to Lafayette Fire Department spokesperson Alton Trahan, they responded to a reported house fire last night at 227 Benjamin Street shortly before 8:40 pm. When firefighters arrived on the scene, the house was fully engulfed.

Space heaters should be plugged directly into wall sockets.

The cause of the blaze is believed to be an electrical lamp that malfunctioned.

A GoFundMe account has been established to aid the family in the process of rebuilding their home.