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Easter fire: Shreveport residents saved by house smoke alarm

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – On Sunday at 8:49 a.m. Shreveport Fire Department were called to a house fire in the 700 block of Neal Drive.

SFD said a unit arrived within four minutes and reported smoke coming from the roofline of the single-story home. They said it took seven units, comprised of 22 firefighters to bring the fire under control at 9:10 a.m.

The residents were alerted by the properly functioning smoke alarm and were able to escape unharmed said SFD.

For a free smoke alarm and fire safety tips, contact the Shreveport Fire Prevention Bureau at 318-673-6740.

The origin and the cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Shreveport Fire Arson Investigators.

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