Lafayette Parish first responders talk about rescuing unconscious man from burning mobile home | Local
LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (NEWS 15) — First responders in Lafayette Parish acted swiftly to rescue a man from a burning mobile home. The blaze broke out at a residence on Pope Drive, located between Carencro and Vatican, engulfing the home in flames.
When fire crews arrived on the scene, they found one person had managed to escape, but another was discovered unconscious in the hallway by a sheriff’s deputy, who managed to get him to a back door, so firefighters could pull him from the burning home.
“I could see the flames when I pulled into the driveway,” said Staff Sgt. Kerry Richard with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office. “But, at the minute that the neighbor said he was trapped inside the house, and we could access it from the back side of the house, my first thought was to find a way to get to that victim.”
Hunter Richard and Austin Hebert, both firefighters with the Scott Fire Department, were among those who jumped into action.
“So, we got out of the truck and came straight to the back to try to grab the victim,” Richard stated.
“We had some other guys on the truck that went to fight the fire. We were just trying to get to the victim to save them,” added Hebert.
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LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (NEWS 15) — Firefighters rescued a man from a burning mobile home in Lafayette Parish and another person got out on their own, but the family dog did not survive. The two people were taken to the hospital but both are expected to recover. The mobile home was destroyed by the flames. The Scott Fire Department reported it happened on Pope Drive, which is located between Vatican and Carencro, on Thursday, October 16, just before 3 p.m. Officials said firefighters arrived on the scene to find the mobile home engulfed in flames and learned someone was still inside. They added the man was found unconscious near the back door and was quickly pulled to safety. They added someone else inside the mobile home at the time of the fire got out before crews made it to the location. They noted a dog was also pulled from the burning home but later died.
Scott Deputy Fire Chief Chris Domingue praised the collaboration between agencies.
“Well, that just goes to show you how the different agencies team up to get it done,” he noted. “And like I said, I’m just very proud — commend the sheriff’s department and our guys for helping this guy out.”
The man rescued from the home remains hospitalized with severe burns, but thanks to the swift actions of these first responders, he is expected to survive.
