NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans firefighters are looking into what caused a four-alarm fire that destroyed two homes and damaged two others.
Fire officials say at least a dozen people are displaced by the fire which happened around 11:30 p.m. Sunday in the 3400 block of Magnolia Street in the Milan neighborhood.
When firefighters arrived, they found a home on fire. The NOFD says winds helped make fighting the fire difficult by spreading embers to another home.
Everyone got out of the homes safely and there were no injuries reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The Sewerage & Water Board reports that a fire hydrant at the corner of Amelia and Magnolia was out of order when the first occurred, but that the fire hydrant at Magnolia and Louisiana was operational.
A SWBNO spokesperson said that the broken hydrant was "assessed as recently as July of 2022 and was functional at that time. We will continue to work with our partners at NOFD to address hydrants they identify as broken or damage."
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