Kurn Semien, 70, stands by the fire-damaged paint and body shop he owns at 601 E. Laurel Ave., Eunice, on Tuesday. Fire damaged the shop on Monday. (Photo by Myra Miller)
A fire reported at about 10:25 p.m. Monday at Kurn’s Paint & Body Shop, 601 E. Laurel Ave., Eunice, took firefighters about four hours to declared it extinguished.
Eunice and Fire District 6 firefighters responded to fire as police block traffic in both lanes of U.S. 190 and on North St. George Street.
Traffic was detoured.
Eunice Fire Chief Chaise Brown said the building suffered smoke and …