COUSHATTA, La. - The Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal is investigating a mobile home fire in Coushatta that claimed two lives on Thanksgiving morning. A 59-year-old man and a 4-year-old girl died in the blaze.

Shortly after 2 a.m. on Thursday, the Red River Parish Fire District responded to a fire in the 2400 block of Highway 71 in Coushatta. When firefighters arrived, they found the mobile home engulfed in flames.

A 21-year-old resident was able to escape, but the two other occupants did not survive.

Investigators have not yet determined whether the home was equipped with a working smoke alarm. The cause and origin of the fire remain under investigation.

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