Lightning strike destroys Pelican Loop home

By Darrel LeJeune The Basile Weekly BASILE–On Saturday, July 22, the members of the Acadia/Evangeline Fire Protection District were called out to the home of the Neal Leger and Janice Arnold family at approximately 5 p.m., for a fire caused by a lightning strike at 1022 Pelican Loop, northeast of the Basile town limits. According to Fire Chief Greg Savoy, a dozen volunteers with three pumpers...

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