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14-year-old Boy Arrested for King Manor Apartment Complex Fire

Angela Thomas — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:27:52 +0000

Teen charged for starting blaze at King Manor Apartments this week.

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SFD: Power Surge Causes Fire, Evacuations at State Building, Schumpert

Angela Thomas — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:49:03 +0000

Shumpert, State Building safely evacuated after SWEPCO circuit lock-out causes power surge.

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Shreveport Assistant Fire Chief Urging Heating Safety in Light of Space Heater Fire, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Angela Thomas — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:51:51 +0000

Assistant Shreveport Fire Chief Fred Sanders shares heating safety tips.

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Funeral Home Destroyed by Fire

Erin McCarty — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:24:18 +0000

The Patterson Funeral Home in the 12 hundred block of North Market is destroyed by a fire. It started in the 6am hour this morning and was quickly changed to a 2-alarm blaze. Firefighters are expected to be on the scene for several hours. No word yet on what started the blaze. Full [...]

Family of Five Escapes Morning House Fire

Angela Thomas — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:30:55 +0000

A family of five is OK after their Cedar Grove home caught fire early this morning. Shreveport firefighters arrived in the 7900 block of Wyngate Boulevard just before 1:40AM to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the back of the home, where they found a large shed on fire.

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Fire Damages Sunset Acres Homes

Angela Thomas — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:46:15 +0000

A two-alarm fire kept Shreveport firefighters busy this morning. Fire Department Spokesman Scott Wolverton says an occupant of a one-story, wood-frame home in the 3000 block of Parkridge got up to get a glass of water, and noticed flames coming from the utility room

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Shreveport Records First Fire Fatality of Year

John Lee — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:20:22 +0000

A pre-dawn fire has claimed the life of a Shreveport man -- the city's first fire fatality of 2012.

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Fire Damages Highland Apartment

Angela Thomas — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:13:31 +0000

An afternoon fire has damaged one apartment in Shreveport's Highland neighborhood. It was reported just after 12:30 in the 200 block of Olive Street. Fire crews arrived a couple of minutes later to find a two-story apartment building with smoke coming from a downstairs unit

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Small Fire at Shreveport Eatery

Angela Thomas — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:46:28 +0000

UPDATE: Firefighters and police have left the scene. More details as they come in...

Shreveport firefighters are on the scene of a small fire at Picadilly Cafeteria in the 700 block of Shreveport-Barksdale Highway

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Juvenile Arrested for Aggravated Arson

Angela Thomas — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:07:33 +0000

Shreveport fire investigators have arrested a 14-year-old boy on a charge of aggravated arson. The Academic Recovery Center student is accused of setting a soap dispenser on fire in a bathroom at the school during the noon hour yesterday

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Quail Creek Apartment Fire In Shreveport

Erin McCarty — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:59:25 +0000

One person dies in an apartment fire at the Quail Creek Apartments in Shreveport. Another resident suffered injuries when he jumped from a balcony.

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Giving Muscular Dystrophy "The Boot"

Angela Thomas — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:26:23 +0000

Local firefighters are giving Muscular Dystrophy "the boot" -- beginning next week. Monday, July 18th, is when they kick off their annual "Fill-the-Boot" program. Each year, Shreveport and Bossier City firefighters stand at major street intersections collecting donations from community members

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Early-Morning Fire Destroys One Home, Damages Another

Angela Thomas — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:48:54 +0000

An early-morning fire has destroyed one home and damaged another. Just before 6 this morning, fire crews arrived in the 1800 block of Poland Street to find a single-story, wood-frame home heavily involved with fire and smoke. There was another single-story, wood-frame home in front of that one. Fire crews found that the occupant of [...]

House Fire Displaces Shreveport Family

Angela Thomas — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:10:27 +0000

A Sunday-morning fire displaces a north Shreveport family. At 3:40 yesterday morning, firefighters arrived at a house in the 1700 block of Bonnie Street in the MLK community to find the single-story, wood-framed home fully engulfed in flames

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Apartment Complex Fire Displaces Eight Families

Angela Thomas — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:29:43 +0000

A two-alarm fire at the Aspen Apartment Complex in Shreveport displaced eight families. The fire kept more than 40 firefighters busy battling heavy smoke and flames for more than an-hour-and-a-half yesterday afternoon at the complex in the 9700 block of Baird Road

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Arson Suspect Nabbed

Angela Thomas — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:34:26 +0000

Shreveport fire investigators have nabbed an arson suspect. Yesterday afternoon, they arrested 23-year-old Derrick Harris of Shreveport and charged him with simple arson for allegedly setting fire to his ex-girlfriend's vehicle in the 4100 block of Raymond Street

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Four Teens Escape Fire Unharmed

Angela Thomas — Thu, 12 May 2011 15:38:50 +0000

Four teenagers escaped a house fire unharmed last evening. Shreveport firefighters got the call just before 5 last night. When they arrived minutes later to the 2200 block of Queens Highway, they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the rear of a one-story wood-frame house

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Shreveport Man Rescued, Revived After Fire

Angela Thomas — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:39:19 +0000

A Shreveport homeowner was rescued and revived early this morning -- after his house caught fire. At about 3:45, firefighters were called out to the 4000 block of Bordeaux Drive -- in the Meadows Subdivision -- to a report of a choking victim

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