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Fire investigators continue to investigate to determine the reason for intentionally setting the fire.

A Lafayette home received some damage Thursday night following a fire that started in the fireplace stack above the house's roof.

A home was heavily damaged and two pets were killed in a Wednesday morning fire in Carencro.

The dangers of playing with fire near gasoline are well known, but not to this man.

Editor's note: The video below was originally published in 2009, we've learned, but is just going viral this week. It's a must-see. Two kids are dead after they perished in a Memphis, TN. house fire. But what will surprise you in this story is what one relative is concerned about minutes after firefighters discovered the bodies of the kids.

Hamner lives in nearby woods.

An electrical short inside the wiring of a mobile home is being blamed for a fire that caused extensive damage to the Sellers Road home.

Drought conditions are extremely dangerous in North Louisiana.

Fire investigators believe the fire started in the bedroom, but they do not yet know the cause of the blaze.

An early morning fire will delay the opening day of classes at South Rayne Elementary School. All other students at Acadia Parish schools will report to classes on this the first day of school for students in the parish.

Fire crews battled the fire for more than five hours, according to authorities. Everything, including the family's cars and pet bird, was lost.

The fire started in the bedroom of the home on Pamela Drive.

The owner of the barn said she tried to get the horses out. She leased stalls in the barn to different owners, Trahan said.

Lafayette Fire Department investigator Alton Trahan said firefighters were called out to the home at 10:40 p.m. Thursday.

While the cause of the fire is under investigation, it's estimated that over 100 one-ton bales of cardboard, along with other recyclable materials fueled the fire.

It happened early Saturday morning in the 500 block of Harrell Drive.

Officials with the Lafayette Sheriff’s department found a body inside The Benchmark Lounge on Tubing Road in Broussard on Saturday.

Someone call Mulder and Scully. Officials in Muldrow, Oklahoma, face a conundrum: How did 65-year-old Danny Vanzandt, who was alone in his home, die? One possible explanation, according to Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart, is that he is a victim of spontaneous human combustion.

When crews arrived, heavy smoke was coming from the inside. Trahan says firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze within ten minutes.

Fire investigators are still trying to determine was caused the blaze.