Six people died this morning in three separate house fires. Four people including children were discovered when Winnsboro firefighters responded to a house fire just after 4:00 a.m. Less than an hour later, firefighters in Abbeville discovered a victim in a house fire there. And around 7:00 a.m. a victim was found by Shreveport firefighters. The State Fire Marshall’s office urges residents to have working smoke detectors. He also says space heaters must be plugged directly into a wall outlet and turned off while people are sleeping or not in the room, and open flames including fireplaces should not be left unattended.
We’re now one full year into the Landry administration here in Louisiana. Jeremy Alford, the publisher of LaPolitics-dot-com, believes Landry’s biggest focus for year two, will be public safety, particularly in New Orleans.
Cut 11 (11) “…push this year.”
Alford says economic development will be another of Landry’s priorities.
Preparations are getting underway for winter precipitation in north Louisiana later this week. LRN Meteorologist Bill Jacquemin…
A southwest Louisiana resident is the first person in the United States to die from the bird flu. LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Associate Professor Rebecca Christofferson says the overall public health risk is low but workers in poultry or dairy farming are advised to get a flu vaccine.