State Fire Marshall Butch browning talks about first responders already on hand in Florida, ready to assist as that area prepares for Hurricane Dorian.
State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says investigators will continue checking out the devastating blaze that damaged First Baptist Church in Bossier City.
New Year's Eve is just around the corner, and with that come the fireworks. While State Fire Marshall Butch Browning would rather we all go see a pulic fireworks display where professionals run the show, he offers some common sense tips for those of us who'll be getting our own.
The Husser Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched at 6:30 this morning to a rural road after receiving a report by a passerby that a home was burned to the ground.
A man dies in an overnight house fire. Butch Browning with the State Fire Marshall's Office says firefighters arrived at the home in Ville Platte to discover it entirely in flames and unsafe to enter.
State fire officials say the fire at a Dollar General in Natchitoches was intentionally set by the store manager and an employee. State Fire Marshall Butch Browning says money and merchandise were missing from the store.
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain is urging caution as a
combination of dead vegetation and low humidity make February through
April fire season in the state.