Firefighters called 4 times to warehouse fire; no injuries reported

Firefighters spent roughly 12 hours responding to fires Saturday and Sunday at a vacant warehouse off U.S. 90 in Patterson, Fire Chief Scott Domingue said.

Officials were called to the scene four separate times, but no one was injured, the chief said.

At 4:30 p.m. Saturday, firefighters first responded to a fire at a vacant metal warehouse on the corner of Enterprise Avenue and U.S. 90 in Patterson.

Firefighters were able to put out that fire quickly after someone allegedly lit an internal portion of the warehouse, Domingue said.

Then, at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, the fire department was called to the same location again, and someone had allegedly lit the other side of the building. When firefighters arrived this time, the fire was burning really well, Domingue said.

Firefighters extinguished that fire and kept it from spreading to any other structures. They cleared the scene at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday.

But, personnel were called back to the scene at 5:30 a.m. Sunday to put out a small area that caught back on fire, Domingue said.

After extinguishing that small fire, firefighters were called to the scene a fourth time at 6:30 p.m. to address another small fire, he said.

Officials suspect that someone may have been lighting the building on fire because the building is unoccupied and has no electricity, he said.

The Patterson Volunteer Fire Department was assisted by firefighters from Morgan City, Berwick, Bayou Vista and Centerville.