Mother heartbroken after Coushatta fire kills 4-year-old daughter, child's father

COUSHATTA, La. — A Thanksgiving morning fire in north Louisiana killed a 4-year-old girl and a 59-year-old man, leaving a mother pleading for answers as state investigators search for the cause. The Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal said the blaze broke out shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday at a mobile home in the 2400 block of U.S. Highway 71 in Coushatta. When firefighters arrived, the home was already engulfed in flames. Four-year-old Amire Joseph and Kenneth Miller, 59, died in the fire. A 21-year-old man was able to escape. Amire’s mother, Jamekia Miller, said she rushed to the scene after getting a frantic call that the home was on fire and her daughter was missing. “I stayed there until the sun came up, just waiting,” Miller said. “When the coroner told me, ‘I’m