A house on the Mississippi River batture near Carrollton Bend was destroyed and another was damaged in a fire on Tuesday afternoon, according to Eastbank Consolidated Fire Department Chief Charles Hudson.
Roughly 40 firefighters from New Orleans and Jefferson Parish were called to Monticello Avenue and River Road just after 3 p.m. and had the fire under control within the hour, Hudson said. A house at 1 Monticello collapsed during the blaze and a neighboring home at 2 Monticello suffered scorching to its left side but was ultimately saved, according to Hudson.
Footage from the scene shows firefighters spraying the burning wreckage alongside the river as plumes of smoke rise into the air…