According to Fire Chief Robert Benoit, multiple fire units were dispatched to the scene after receiving multiple calls reporting that the building was on fire.
An occupant sleeping while a fire began burning up a Lafayette house and a vehicle is fortunate to escape uninjured after a mail carrier delivering mail took action.
The Lafayette Fire Department is inviting the public and media to join them in a solemn remembrance of the lives lost in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
A grease fire at Wendy's required the efforts of the Lafayette Fire Department to get it under control, and the restaurant will be closing temporarily as a result.