(Updated) Fire destroys Patterson home

A fire destroyed a Main Street home Monday evening in Patterson after a pot caught fire on a stove, but no one was injured in the fire, Patterson Fire Chief Scott Domingue said.

The Patterson Volunteer Fire Department received a call at 5:38 p.m. Monday reporting a fire in the 700 block of Main Street. Firefighters arrived on scene a few minutes later. Upon arrival, the house was fully involved with flames, Domingue said.

Patterson firefighters contacted other departments for mutual aid, and firefighters from the Berwick, Bayou Vista and Morgan City fire departments responded. There was one occupant of the home, and she escaped the home uninjured, he said.

The woman told firefighters that she had a pot on the stove and left it there for a few minutes, the chief said. When she returned, the pot had caught fire. The woman tried to extinguish fire, but was unsuccessful and exited the house, Domingue said.

The fire caused severe damage to home, and it’s a “total loss.” About 60 firefighters helped fight the fire at its peak. Bayou Vista firefighters responded with the department’s aerial firetruck to help put out the fire, Domingue said.

Firefighters cleared the scene within 2 1/2 hours, and none of them were injured, though a few firefighters got slightly overheated, he said.