April 15, 2009 - Cooking Fire Cause Heavy Damage in Overnight  House Fire

None of the occupants were injured

The Shreveport Fire Department was dispatched to 459 Fuller Street early this morning at 1:45 AM for a reported house fire.  Fire crews arrived on scene at 1:48 AM to find heavy black smoke coming from all openings of a one story brick home.  Fire crews found the front door open and quickly made entry to search for occupants and to extinguish the fire.  There was no one inside the home and the fire was brought under control at 2:19 AM. 
 
The home was occupied by three residences, two adult males and one adult female.  None of the occupants were injured.  There was only one adult male at home at the time and he stated he had put some grease on the stove to heat up, left the home for a short time only to return and find it was on fire.  Fire investigators confirmed the occupant's story determining the cause of the fire to be grease left cooking unattended on the stove.  The home suffered heavy fire and smoke damage throughout.