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• Toddler Survives Gas Container Explosion Play Video

  October 12, 2011 11:13 PM

  A one-year-old girl from New Iberia is recovering after she was burned by a gas can explosion. David Bellard, Jr. said he was sitting outside in a go-cart with his young daughter, Jeannette Bellard, Tuesday afternoon, when he said she got up to chase a cat. "When I... more »

• Grambling apartment building burned

  August 4, 2011 10:42 AM

  GRAMBLING, La. (AP) - A vacant four-unit apartment building in Grambling was destroyed by a fire. James C. Hilton Jr., administrative assistant for Lincoln Parish Fire District No. 1, said in a Wednesday afternoon news release that the Grambling Fire Department called the Lincoln Parish Fire Department asked for help... more »

• Major Fire Rips Through Landry's Seafood & Steakhouse

  July 10, 2011 4:14 PM

  Just after one o'clock Sunday morning, a major fire riped through Landry's Seafood and Steakhouse in Jeanerette. The restaurant suffered major damage in the kitchen area, and severe water and smoke damage throughout the rest of the building. Nobody was inside at the time of the fire. KATC'S Chris... more »

• Krotz Springs Refinery Workers Burned on the Job

  June 25, 2011 7:04 PM

  In Krotz Springs, two workers at an oil refinery were hospitalized today after being burned on the job. This happen around noon-time on Saturday at the Alon facility on South Levee Road. It's still unclear exactly what happened but the company's spokesperson, Blake Lewis says two workers received burns after... more »

• Information Needed in Case of Burned Car at Islamic Center of Lafayette

  December 13, 2010 5:07 PM

  Press Release- The FBI and Lafayette area law enforcement are seeking the public's assistance in identifying the individual(s) responsible for the burning of a car at the Islamic Center of Lafayette. On Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at 1:14 am, the Lafayette Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire located... more »

• N.O. officer says he burned body after Katrina

  November 29, 2010 9:43 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans police officer on trial for burning the body of a man who was fatally shot by a different officer testified Monday that he set the fire because he didn't want to let another corpse rot in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. "I was exposed to... more »

• Lafayette Mother Loses Home in Fire

  September 29, 2010 7:22 PM

  A mother of three suffered a major setback ...a fire destroyed her Lafayette home. "I lost everything I have," Victoria Hypolite explained sitting outside her burned home. A day later and the smell of smoke is still in the air. She said, "I just stood across the... more »

• Judge won't separate trials in burned body case

  September 28, 2010 9:27 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge has refused to order separate trials in the case against five current or former New Orleans police officers charged in a man's fatal shooting after Hurricane Katrina. Former officer David Warren is charged with shooting 31-year-old Henry Glover before his body turned up... more »

• New Iberia Couple Arrested for Allegedly Burning a Toddler

  September 22, 2010 6:58 PM

  A New Iberia couple is accused of burning a one year-old child. "It's a terrible thing that happened, something incomprehensible," explained Lieutenant Ryan Turner of the Iberia Sheriff's Office. Turner said Officials from a local hospital called his office Tuesday, saying a baby with severe burns had been... more »

• Toddler Burned, Mother & Boyfriend Arrested

  September 22, 2010 12:16 PM

  A one year old child is hospitalized with severe burns. The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office investigated and subsequently arrested Chiquita Bell (DOB: 07-02-1985, victim's mother) and Tristan Bartley (DOB: 08-01-1983, Bell's boyfriend.) Bartley was charged with second degree cruelty to juveniles, Bell was charged with accessory after the fact. Bell... more »

• Car Burned At Islamic Center

  September 21, 2010 7:21 PM

  The F.B.I. is investigating how a car was torched today in the parking lot of the Islamic Center of Lafayette. Due to the sensitive location and the mysterious circumstances, whoever is responsible could be charged with a hate crime. As traffic passed by the Islamic Center of Lafaytte Tuesday... more »

• Update: Possible Hate Crime Investigated by FBI

  September 21, 2010 4:23 PM

  Update: The FBI has joined the investigation, but they're not leading it. It's also being investigated by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office and fire department. Sheila Thorne with the FBI tells KATC they're interested as it relates to a possible hate crime due to the proximity of the car to... more »

• Fire Rages in Bossier and Webster Parishes - One Worker Burned

  September 20, 2010 10:28 AM

  DOYLINE, La. - A state forestry worker is burned while bulldozing a firebreak against a woods fire that started near Doyline and spread toward Haughton. The worker's name and condition weren't available Monday morning. He was burned Sunday, when Bossier and Webster parish firefighters and state forestry workers spent more... more »