November 6, 2023 | From New Orleans Fire Department
Three Alarm Fire Displaces Seven People and Damages Five Homes
On Monday, November 6, 2023, at 12:12 a.m., the New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD) received a 911 call reporting a fire at 1011 N. Rocheblave Street. Dispatched at 12:13 a.m., the first NOFD units arrived at 12:19 a.m. to find multiple structures on fire and struck a second alarm at 12:21 a.m. As this fire intensified, the incident commander struck a third alarm at 12:31 a.m. to help stop the spread of fire to more homes in the area. Firefighters did an excellent job of extinguishing the fire, which damaged five homes and displaced seven people (5 adults and 2 children), that resided in the exposure at 1027 N. Rocheblave Street. The fire started in a shed in the backyard of 2504-06 Ursuline Avenue and spread to the balcony of a blighted fourplex at 1023a, 1023b, 1025a, 1025b N. Rocheblave Street. This home had fire damage from a fire earlier this year. Radiant heat caught the roof of the home at 2510 Ursuline avenue which was quickly extinguished by firefighters and the home at 1011 N. Rocheblave had minor damage.
Twenty-one NOFD units carrying fifty-seven Fire Operations personnel were used to bring this fire incident under control at 01:32 a.m. The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), New Orleans Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and Entergy Electric and Gass assisted in the mitigation of this incident. There were no reported injuries, and the cause of this fire is under investigation.
911 Call Received: 12:12 a.m.
1st Alarm: 12:13 a.m.
2nd Alarm: 12:21 a.m.
3rd Alarm: 12:31 a.m.
On Scene: 12:19 a.m.
Under Control: 01:32 a.m.
NOFD Personnel: 57
NOFD Units: 21
Cause: Under Investigation
Injuries: None Reported
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