Child Sadly Passes Away After An Accident Inside A Homemade Fort
Geismar, Louisiana. Plenty of children imaginatively build forts to play inside of, and it’s not something that immediately comes to mind as a dangerous activity.
Unfortunately, one little boy in Louisiana lost his life recently after an accident occurred inside of a fort he made along with his siblings.
A 6-year-old boy from Geismar and his 2 siblings (ages 9 and 4) had built a homemade fort in the yard of a family member’s home, right next door to where they live on Cornerview Road.
The fort was constructed out of a set of concrete, prefabricated stairs that were on top of a flatbed-style trailer. The kids had also put a cover over the stairs to make it more like a traditional fort.
A few days ago on the afternoon of October 10th, officers with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office and firefighters from the Geismar Volunteer Fire Department arrived on Cornerview Road after a call came in about a fire there on a property.
The trailer the kids had made their fort on top of was burning in their relative’s yard, and the 6-year-old boy sadly passed away in the fire. He was located underneath the fort materials.
Louisiana Office Of State Fire Marshal; pictured above is a photo shared from the Louisiana Office Of State Fire Marshal along with the news of the child’s passing
“Witness statements indicate the children had possession of a lighter and used it to light a small pile of combustible objects as though it was a campfire,” a statement from the Louisiana Office Of the State Fire Marshal explained.
The 6-year-old boy’s siblings were able to get out of the fort after the campfire was started, but the 6-year-old became stuck inside of the fort.
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Adults on the property and next door where the children lived all happened to be inside when this happened.
“There is no other way to describe this other than purely tragic,” H. Butch Browning, the State Fire Marshal, said.
“While we are keeping this child and his family in our prayers, we’re also pleading with other families to learn from this devastating loss.”
State Fire Marshall H. Butch Browning noted the importance of parents speaking to kids about the dangers of playing with fire and reminded adults to keep lighters and other fire-starters in places where kids cannot get to them.
Louisiana Office Of State Fire Marshal; pictured above is a statement from the Louisiana Office Of State Fire Marshal regarding the death of the child
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