Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents rescued three people and a dog from a fire inside a trailer park in St. Tammany Parish on July 29.
LDWF Sgt. Keith Francis and Corporal Richard Clark were on patrol when they observed a trailer on fire inside Bob’s Trailer Park off of Hwy. 190 on the eastern side of Slidell around 10:45 p.m. Agents drove into the trailer park and notified the St. Tammany Parish Fire District 1.
The agents noticed that the burning trailer was padlocked from the outside and were informed that no one was inside the trailer, which was completely engulfed in flames. Due to the heat and size of the fire, agents observed that both trailers adjacent to the fire were smoking, melting and beginning to catch fire.
Agents warned the occupants of the two adjacent trailers about the fire. Agents rescued an elderly woman and a man and his dog from one of the trailers and an elderly man from the other trailer.
Agents advised all residents to move their vehicles away from the fire and park them in an area that would not block the fire department. Firefighters responded quickly and put out the fire before additional property was damaged. No one was injured in the incident.
The St. Tammany Parish Fire District 1 are investigating the cause of the fire.