Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Deputies, Fire Districts 1, District 4, District 5, District 6 and VEMCO responded to this three-story structure fire at 143 Melrose Bend Blvd, near Melrose, La., on Tuesday afternoon at approximately 12:42pm according to Natchitoches Parish Sheriff Victor Jones Jr.

Deputies say that the residence was occupied at the time of the fire but no one was injured.

Deputies believe the fire originated in the fire place.

The structure was a total lost.