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Blighted 7th Ward home that caught fire had 3 demolition permits approved since 2010
The fire spread next door and left a couple homeless Share Updated: 10:47 PM CST Mar 12, 2021
The fire spread next door and left a couple homeless Share Updated: 10:47 PM CST Mar 12, 2021
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Show Transcript KNOW ABOUT HOW THEY WILL HONOR HIS LEGACY. BASICALLY MY LIFE IS GONE. SULA: A COUPLE IN THE 7TH WARD WANTS ANSWERS AFTER BEING FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOME WHEN THE ABANDONED HOUSE NEXT DOOR CAUGHT FIRE AND SPREAD TO THEIR HOUSE. WDSU CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG LAROSE TRACKED DOWN THE OWNER OF THE ABANDONED HOME, AND ASKED THE CITY WHY IT DIDN’T TAKEN ACTION BEFORE THE FIRE REPORTER: CITY OFFICIALS ISSUED DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR THIS HOUSE THREE TIMES SINCE 2010, AND A FIRE LAST SATURDAY MORNING GOT MOST OF THAT JOB DONE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE FLAMES SPREAD AND HEAVILY DAMAGED THOUSAND NEXT DOOR. MY GREATEST FEAR ALWAYS WAS THAT SOMEONE WOULD