New Orleans firefighters battled a three-alarm fire in an apartment building that left one resident injured.
Source: Firehouse.com News
New Orleans firefighters battled a three-alarm apartment fire on the 2100 block of Westbend Parkway that left one resident homeless.
Firefighters were called to a reported apartment fire in the Westbank neighborhood on Monday afternoon. The first arriving company reported heavy fire engulfing much of the building and requested a second-alarm, according to the New Orleans Fire Department.
Crews initiated primary searches of the building removing all residents while they conducted suppression operations to control and stop the spread of fire. The fire escalated to three-alarms to provide relief crews operating at the scene.
Twenty-seven fire department units and fifty-eight firefighters responded to the scene, no firefighters were injured.