Early Sunday morning, New Orleans firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze at a multiunit building on Kuebel Drive in New Orleans East, with heavy smoke and visible exterior damage left behind. The New Orleans Fire Department shared photos of the response, crediting Chief C. Mickal and the NOFD Photo Unit for documenting the scene.
Photos From The Scene
The department’s Facebook post lists the address as 6319 Kuebel Dr and labels the incident a three-alarm fire. The images show crews working off ladders and hose lines to knock back the flames, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. The photos, released early Sunday, remain the most detailed public record of the fire scene so far.
NOFD’s Busy Month
The three-alarm call comes as the department has already been stretched across several major blazes this month. FOX 8 reported a three-alarm fire in the Garden District earlier this month that required dozens of personnel and multiple ladder trucks. A separate three-alarm blaze in the French Quarter in mid-January was covered by WDSU, underscoring how frequently multi-alarm incidents have been popping up.
What Officials Have Said
The NOFD Facebook update did not report any injuries and did not offer a cause for the fire, nor did it include further operational details, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. Fire investigators customarily work to determine the origin and cause, and the department typically posts follow-ups on its social channels when that information becomes available…