Four die in house fire on Bill Belt Road

Four people died in a house fire on Bill Belt Road shortly before midnight Thursday, making it the parish’s deadliest fire in the past two decades.Avoyelles Coroner Dr. L.J. Mayeux identified the four victims as Stanley Charrier, 32, his 9-year-old son Carlin Charrier and 12-year-old stepdaughter Emily Graham, and his mother Catherine Charrier, 62. Mayeux said it appears all four died of smoke inhalation.