Child dies after mobile home fire in New Iberia
Published 7:30 pm Monday, February 21, 2022
- Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal
A 6-year-old child died after a mobile home fire in New Iberia, according to the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office.
At around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Iberia Parish Fire District No. 1 went to the 2200 block of Hunter Drive in response to a reported mobile home fire.
The child was rescued from the home and was taken to a nearby hospital but later died, the State Fire Marshal’s Office said in a social media post on Monday.
The origin and cause of the fire remain under investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office in partnership with the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Further information will be released as it becomes available.