Todd Terrell, head of the United Cajun Navy, said those who did not heed pleas to evacuate got trapped in their homes or tried to leave too late.
Mayor William Richter ordered any of the town's approximately 520 residents who had not already evacuated to get out of harm's way.
And it is true that those people were getting evacuated, and no one was getting evacuated at Charity.
8 32 p.m.: Evacuating couple get a warm welcome in South Carolina.
"The fire blew up as firefighters were trying to evacuate to get to a safe place and all of them were in serious threat of losing their lives".
The police were going door-to-door in the western and northern sections of Wharton today asking people to evacuate and getting transportation for those who had none.
If a hurricane strikes, you might need to evacuate to get to a secure, safe place.
We got evacuated from a Devon hotel because the well had been poisoned in a local feud.
We all just got evacuated from @britishlibrary ??? pic.twitter.com/xh7sjC99P5 Those near the library reported a large emergency services presence in the area just after 5PM on Friday.
Media captionMegan Westwood: "We got evacuated one by one" A suspected gunman was arrested after police ended a four-hour siege at a bowling alley in Nuneaton.
