Two-alarm fire displaces seven in New Orleans East, sends one resident to a hospital
Firefighters dispatched to the 7100 block of Florita Court on Monday evening found a four-unit apartment building full of smoke, searched it, and determined every resident had escaped or was away. The fire department traced the cause to an electrical outlet inside a wall.
NEW ORLEANS: Seven residents were displaced on Monday evening by a two-alarm fire in a four-unit apartment building in New Orleans East, the New Orleans Fire Department said.
The department was dispatched at 6:53 p.m. on Monday, November 9, to a reported fire in the 7100 block of Florita Court. Crews arriving at the single-story building found heavy smoke coming from the doors and windows.
Firefighters began searching the building shortly after they arrived, and the searches determined that every resident had escaped or was not home. Two dogs were rescued from a rear apartment.
One resident treated for smoke inhalation
A 43-year-old woman who lived in the building inhaled smoke during the fire. Crews treated her where they found her before she was taken to a hospital nearby for further care. No one else was reported injured.
The department determined that the fire was electrical in nature and that it originated at an outlet in an interior wall separating two of the apartments. Seven residents were displaced by the fire.
The Florita Court fire was the second two-alarm apartment fire in New Orleans East in five weeks. On October 4, the department fought a two-alarm fire at the Peace Lake Towers senior apartment community at 9025 Chef Menteur Highway, where the fire began in a sixth-floor apartment in the east wing.
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