House Fire Claims Life In Lafayette
The family of a twenty-two-year-old Lafayette man say they heard a loud boom come from his room. The family went to investigate, and they found the room on fire.
Lafayette Fire Department Spokesman and Fire Investigator Alton Trahan says, via press release, that Brock Johnson died as a result of the fire.
The man s family man tried desperately to get the man out of his bedroom, but they were unsuccessful in their attempts. The Lafayette Fire Department was contacted, and they were able to begin bringing the blaze under control after getting there around 8:38 last night. It took about twenty minutes for the fire fighters to put this blaze out.
Lafayette House Fire Leaves One Dead
According to Lafayette Fire Department spokesperson Alton Trahan, they responded to a reported house fire last night at 227 Benjamin Street shortly before 8:40 pm. When firefighters arrived on the scene, the house was fully engulfed.
Occupants of the home who safely made it out told emergency personnel that someone was still inside the home. Firefighters searched the home and found the victim dead in a bedroom.
And this morning, the victim has been identified as 22-year-old Brock Johnson.
Trahan says that Johnson was inside the home with his mother, stepfather, siblings, and other relatives when the fire happened. Those relatives heard a loud boom coming from Johnson s room before they noticed the fire.