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Fire Consumes Firefighters Home
St. Bernard
Firefighter Earl Borden is use to fighting fire, but on Wednesday
December 14th, He found himself on the opposite end of fighting fire. At
approximately 3:30pm Firefighter Borden was coming out of the bathroom
of his Meraux home, When he opened the door, he was overtaken by smoke
that was knee high, he also saw flames from across the room. Firefighter
Borden immediately crawled under the smoke to a nearby window where he
broke it out and escaped and called 911. Firefighter Borden's home was
considered a loss with few possessions salvageable. Firefighter Borden
has a family of 4 including a 18 month old daughter and 8 year old
stepson. His fellow firefighters have stepped up to assist them and have
opened an account at Gulf Coast Bank under the Earl Borden and Family
Fire Disaster Fund also in lieu of cash gift cards can be sent to St.
Bernard Firefighters C/c Earl Borden P.O Box 8 St. Bernard, La 70085
also a drop off location has been set up for essential items at Today's
Ketch Seafood located at 2110 E Judge Perez Dr, Chalmette, La 70043.