Family is rescued from fire

The Ville Platte Fire Department, on Sunday, March 23, at approximately 9:56 p.m., was dispatched to a reported residential structure fire with occupants inside on the 200 block of E. Jefferson St., in Ville Platte. Prior to the fire department’s arrival, six local residents, in the immediate area, witnessed and reported the quickly-growing fire under the carport area and were told there were pos…