At least 70 people displaced after 4-alarm fire ravages apartment complex
“It looked like a giant fireball. That’s how it looked,” said Ryan Davenport, a resident of the apartment building.
Author: Danny Monteverde / Eyewitness News
Published: 6:22 PM CST January 14, 2021
Updated: 6:22 PM CST January 14, 2021
NEW ORLEANS — By Thursday morning, the fire trucks and other first responders were gone from the Gentilly Ridge apartments on Chef Menteur Highway.
What remained was a wet, charred mess and questions about what sparked the four-alarm fire -- and what was next for the displaced residents, many of whom said they had nothing left and nowhere to go.