Residential, Residential High Rise Shreveport, LA – High-rise apartment fire put out by sprinkler system April 13, 2017 viking210 Cleanup is underway after a fire at an apartment building in downtown Shreveport. Authorities think a trash can in a closet on the 11th floor of Fairmont Apartments caught fire. The sprinkler system doused the fire that was reported at 5:54 p.m. Tuesday. Now Shreveport Fire Department crews are using vacuums to remove water from the high-rise on the northeast corner of Cotton at Common streets. A ventilation fan is being used to get smoke out of the building.
