Families in 98 apartments displaced after fire at New Orleans East complex Share Updated: 1:56 PM CST Jan 14, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 1:56 PM CST Jan 14, 2021
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Show Transcript THIS IS OUR APARTMENT IS IN FLAMES. WE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING, FOOD, WATER, NOTHING. GINA: SEVERAL DISPLACED AFTER THIS MASSIVE FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS EAST. THE WOMAN YOU JUST HEARD UNFORTUNATELY IS LIKE SO MANY WHO COULD ONLY WATCH AS FLAMES DESTROYED EVERYTHING THEY OWNED. THE FIRE AT THE GENTILLY RIDGE APARTMENT COMPLEX, WAS SO LARGE IT COULD BE SEEN FOR MILES OUR TOWER AND DOTD CAMERAS CAPTURED THE FLAMES AND SMOKE BILLOWING INTO THE CITY SKYLINE. GINA: SHAY O’CONNOR JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THE 4-ALARM. SULA: ANY WORD ON INJURIES? REPORTER: OFFICIALS SAY AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO WORD ON ANY INJURIES, BUT SADLY, DOZENS OF RESIDENTS FROM THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX HAVE BEEN WATCHING IN DISBELIEF AS THEY HAVE B