HOUMA, La. (AP) - The Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office says fire killed a man and damaged a house, a two-unit garage apartment and a car. Investigators are looking into suspicious circumstances.
Spokeswoman Ashley Rodrigue said in a news release Monday that the man who died apparently had lived in the upstairs apartment in Houma (HOH-muh).
She says a child in the downstairs apartment alerted the adult occupant there, and both escaped unharmed from the fire about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
An alarm woke two adults in the house, and they also got out safely.
Rodrigue says the Terrebonne (TEHR-uh-bone) Parish Coroner’s Office would identify the man and cause of death.
Rodrigue did not give details about the suspicious circumstances.
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