12 people displaced from 3-alarm fire in Central City
The NOFD responds to a 3-alarm fire in the 2000 block of St. Andrew Street on Jan. 6 (Source: WVUE FOX 8)
By Nicole Mumphrey | January 6, 2021 at 6:44 AM CST - Updated January 6 at 7:19 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -Twelve people are left without homes Wednesday morning as the New Orleans Fire Dept. battled a 3-alarm blaze in the 2000 block of St. Andrew Street.
The fire started around 4:30 a.m..
The NOFD says the building, a two-story, four-unit property, had flames extending from the first floor to the roof on the building’s left side.
The size of the building and possibility of people trapped prompted a second alarm at 4:46 a.m.