Shreveport Hearth Division was dispatched to Southern Hint neighborhood at 1:28 p.m. Sept. 24, on stories of a loud increase.
Inside seven minutes hearth models had been on scene and found the house within the 10000 block of Longfellow Hint on hearth. In accordance with Chief Clarence Reese, the fireplace is believed to have began following a lightning strike.
Upon arrival, Shreveport Hearth Division referred to as a second alarm because of the dimension of the house in addition to the historical past of the neighborhood. That is the second home this yr to catch on hearth within the Southern Hint neighborhood.
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Reese acknowledged that the primary hearth in March was resulting from {an electrical} subject and this one is believed to be began by lightning.
25 hearth models from Shreveport Hearth Division and two from Caddo Parish Hearth District 5 battled this fireplace. It was positioned below management in 34 minutes and no accidents had been reported.
Reese mentioned nobody was house on the time of the fireplace and the house is just not an entire loss. He did say, “there’s average to heavy harm to the house.”
This fireplace stays below investigation.
This text initially appeared on Shreveport Instances: What to find out about the home hearth in Shreveport’s Southern Hint neighborhood