Two Firefighters, Worker Injured in New Orleans (LA) Fire

From WWLTV.com:

Three people were injured, including two firefighters, after a worker cut a gas line to a home in Mid-City sparking a flash fire, according to the New Orleans Fire Department.

Around 8:15 a.m., firefighters were called to the 2100 block of Bienville Street, according to the NOFD.

Three contractors were renovating a home when one worker cut the gas line from the supply side, causing a flash fire and burning his face and his upper body, according to the NOFD. He suffered first- and second-degree burns and was airlifted to a burn center in Baton Rouge.

Read more HERE.

What's your opinion on the use of the term "flash fire"? Hear it often? Use it often? Not one we hear much of in the Fair Lawn office of Fire Engineering.

Worker Killed in Unusual House Collapse in NOLA

From WDSU.com:

A house in New Orleans East collapsed as contractors worked to elevate it, and one person was killed, according to the New Orleans Fire Department.

It happened in the 8000 block of Mercier Street at 1:30 p.m. Monday, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. Contractors from Fusion Shoring were working to elevate the home when it collapsed.

A 32-year-old worker was killed, and fire officials were able to remove his body around 3 p.m., fire officials said.

An engineer reported that the unusual thing about the collapse was that the house moved five feet horizontally. Read the rest of the circumstances HERE.