Suspect is charged in house fire

EVANGELINE PARISH – Authorities have arrested a Turkey Creek man following an investigation into a deliberately set house fire that destroyed a Mamou home earlier this year. Fire crews with the Mamou Fire Department were dispatched around 3:12 p.m. on January 3, to a reported structure fire in the 1100 block of Railroad Avenue. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered the home fully involved in f...

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