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.
NOFD: 3-alarm fire leaves families displaced; fire deemed suspicious New Orleans firefighters battle a 3-alarm fire in the 1900 block of Delachaise Street in the Milan neighborhood on Dec. 28 (Source: Kevin Duckworth) By Nicole Mumphrey | December 29, 2020 at 5:32 AM CST - Updated December 29 at 7:15 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -The New Orleans Fire Dept. remains on scene Tuesday morning at the site of a three-alarm fire that put two families out of their home.
The NOFD says the blaze started at 1924 Delachaise Street Monday around 11 p.m. and crews had it under control in about a hour.\
When firefighters they arrived, they found flames swallowing the two-story wood frame home.
Mischler says due to furloughs all fire units are now carrying only three firefighters instead of the standard four. One of their nearby fire stations, rescue 7, was technically open Tuesday, but because of the furloughs, the union president says it was only half-staffed.
“Another three to five firefighters would’ve on the scene with them yesterday which would’ve allowed them to do more on the scene immediately,” said Mischler.
“You can play the hypothetical what if game all of the time, the fact of the matter is, and I said this before the city council, furloughs do have an impact. We have companies out of service on a daily basis right? So, it reduces our overall staffing, but we’ve taken steps to make sure its response times are within a reasonable time frame,” said Roman Nelson, interim superintendent of the New Orleans Fire Department.