SHREVEPORT, La It s a rude awakening not only for the victim of a house fire but for hundreds of other homeowners in the growing, high-end area of southeast Shreveport. Their fire station on Southern Loop is closed temporarily due to a lack of manpower.
That didn t help Gary Pittman. Smoke alarms woke him and his wife up shortly before 4 a.m. Tuesday. He saw flames coming from one of his home s air conditioning units down the hall.
As his wife called 911, Pittman started dousing the flames with pans of water. Then he went for his garden hose.
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