HAMMOND, La. — Firefighters in Hammond battled a massive house fire where a person had to be rescued from the burning home.
It happened around midnight last night on Calvary Street off Old Baton Rouge Highway in Hammond.
When firefighters arrived, they found the home engulfed in flames. As the fire was being extinguished firefighters did a search of the burning structure and found one victim inside. The person was removed by rescuers and taken to the North Oaks Medical Center in stable condition.
The fire was quickly brought under control. No other injuries have been reported.
