METAIRIE, La. — Firefighters battled a 3-alarm structure fire at a medical business in Metairie.
Video sent to WWL-TV shows the single-story dental office building on the corner of 16th Street and North Hullen engulfed in flames. Firefighters doused the building as flames and thick smoke could be seen coming out of the vent windows on the roof.
The parish fire department says firefighters got the call at about 7:20 am Monday. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
This was the second largest fire the firefighters had to battle in less than a week. Last Thursday the fire department was called to a 3-alarm fire at a business in the 2700 block of North Causeway Boulevard.
Weather forecasters say the excessive heat wave sweeping the metro area has made conditions dangerously perfect for wildfires to spark. Many parishes across the state were placed under a burn ban.
“Due to extremely dry conditions across the state and the concern for the safety of first responders in these dangerously high temperatures, State Fire Chief Dan Wallis along with Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain issued a ceasefire order and statewide waiver for all private fires, as per authority under,” the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal said in a public release.
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