NEW ORLEANS — A large vacant building was destroyed after a car ran off the road and into it causing a large fire near the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy on the Westbank
Plumes of dark smoke were seen above the Mississippi Saturday, visible from miles away.
According to NOFD, at 12:30 p.m. they were called out to a vehicle fire with a person trapped inside the car at 425 O’Bannon St.
In a release from the New Orleans Fire Department, the victim apparently lost control of his vehicle, veered off the road, drove through a field and struck the vacant building within the Federal City complex.
The car burst into flames soon after and ignited the building leading to a full first and second alarm being called at 12:39 and 12:40 p.m.
Two men that seen the SUV run off the road and into the vacant building were able to rescue the driver just before the fire started. The victim, describes as a man about 30-40-years old., found conscious but unresponsive when he was rescued and brought to a near-by hospital for evaluation.
A third alarm was requested at 1:41 p.m. after embers from the first building, a large vacant single-story wood-frame building, flew to another building nearby and began to burn.
Firefighters soaked the roof of the structure, while firefighters searched the second building to prevent it from spreading.
NOFD got the fire under control at 2:10 p.m.
The victim's condition is not known at the moment.
A fire in Federal City Saturday burned down one building and sent up smoke visible for miles
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