A fire place designed to contain a simple fire, was the cause of one getting out of control one week ago in Lafayette.

"There was a fire place that was installed on the patio of the home. We know that's where the fire originated. It seems like the wood was installed too close to the fireplace and the chimney," Alton Trahan of the Lafayette Fire Department said.

Along with the wood being too close, this is the same cause of two other house fires in Lafayette Parish.

"Each fireplace has its own specs, where it needs to be an inch or two inches or further away from the fireplace box itself, so it doesn't somehow or another heat up and slowly smolders and ignites when someone is sleeping, or away from their house the next morning," Trahan said.