Child dies after makeshift fort burnt down

GEISMAR, Louisiana (WAFB) – A child has died after a fire broke out on Sunday, October 10.

Officials said this happened on Cornerview Road in Geismar around 2:30 p.m.

The Geismar Volunteer Fire Department, the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office were called to the scene to investigate.

Fire chief Nat Stephens said the child died after a fire broke out in a ‘makeshift fort’ on a flatbed trailer. The children involved were apparently playing with a lighter.

The name of the deceased child has not yet been released.

No criminal act is suspected.

The Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office has resumed the investigation.

This is a developing story. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

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