November 21, 2025 | From New Orleans Fire Department
Four Families Displaced by Two-Alarm Fire at N.O.E. Apartments
On Friday, November 21, 2025, at 12:44 p.m., members of the New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD) were dispatched to a reported fire at an occupied apartment building in New Orleans East. The first company of NOFD Fire Operations personnel arrived at the Laguna Reserve Apartments, at 5331 Bundy Rd., at 12:50 p.m. Upon arrival, flames were already visible from the windows of a third-floor apartment. Members of the first arriving companies quickly performed a primary search of all twelve apartments housed in the building, as others began an interior attack of the second and third-floor apartments primarily involved in the fire. A second alarm was requested at 1:02 p.m., as flames began to extend into the building’s common attic.
An adult male resident of the third-floor apartment stated that while home alone he was awakened by the smell of smoke. The resident stated that he opened a shed just outside his front door and noticed heavy smoke and flames coming from the floor. The apartment below was unoccupied and undergoing renovations. Seventeen NOFD units, supported by forty-six NOFD Fire Operations personnel, were used to bring this incident under control at 1:36 p.m. There were no injuries reported, and the cause of the fire is being investigated. A total of four families were displaced by this incident. Fortunately, most of these residents were at work or school at the time of the fire. The American Red Cross has been requested to assist the residents affected by this incident.
Call Received: 12:44 p.m.
Dispatched: 12:44 p.m.
Arrival: 12:50 p.m.
2nd Alarm: 1:02 p.m.
Under Control: 1:36 p.m.
NOFD Units: 17
Fire Ops Personnel: 46
Injuries: None Reported
Cause: Under Investigation