SHREVEPORT, La. – The Shreveport Fire Department responded to two separate house fires within an hour of each other on Saturday morning.
Dispatchers received the first call at 8:45 a.m. for a home in the 300 block of W 69th Street. Engine 9 arrived in two minutes and found heavy smoke and flames coming from the front of the residence.
A team of 24 firefighters and eight units brought the blaze under control in 10 minutes. The coordinated effort limited the fire damage to two rooms. The occupants escaped safely and received fire victim assistance…