NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A two-alarm fire destroyed a home and damaged three others in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans on Friday, Sept. 5.
According to the New Orleans Fire Department, crews responded to the intersection of Madrid and Painters streets around 8 p.m., where they found a single-family home almost completely in flames.
Portion of Gentilly Ridge Apartments residents return home, others remain displaced
NOFD officials said additional crews arrived after they determined that the flames were beginning to extend to nearby homes. Neighbors told crews that the home where the fire started was unoccupied.
NOFD crews began trying to contain the fire to the home where it started and protecting the surrounding homes on three sides…