Neighbors, off-duty firefighter help rescue residents from Metairie apartment fire

Crystal Jones carefully ducked under the yellow caution tape that stretched across her blackened front porch Wednesday morning.

Soggy bits of charred wood crunched underfoot as she navigated the debris, walking in a soft boot that protected the foot she’d gashed the day before while escaping her burning Metairie apartment.

Jones, 30, couldn’t open her bedroom window and had to shatter the glass after rising flames blocked her front door…

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