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Tag Archives: Louisiana
Lafayette, LA – Sprinkler system activates in high-rise senior apartment building fire; No injuries reported
Lafayette, LA – Trash compactor fire at apartment complex suppressed by sprinkler system
(Blog Note: Smoke does not cause a sprinkler to activate, but rather only the substantial heat from a fire).
A Friday afternoon fire at a downtown Lafayette apartment complex likely was caused by an improperly trashed lit cigarette, according to the Lafayette Fire Department.
Lafayette, LA – Electrical fire at bingo hall extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries
Shreveport, LA – Sprinkler system activates in apartment fire caused by cigarette dropped down trash chute
Baton Rouge, LA – Sprinkler system keeps fire from spreading at grocery distribution center
Baton Rouge, LA – Fire at senior assisted living center contained to point of origin by sprinkler system
New Orleans, LA – Sprinklers put out fire at French Quarter restaurant
Shreveport, LA – High-rise apartment blaze knocked down by sprinkler system
Shreveport, LA – Fire on sixth-floor of Holiday Inn contained to one room by sprinkler system
Heavy smoked filled a sixth-floor room at the Holiday Inn Shreveport on Monday afternoon, activating the sprinkler system and triggering an alarm that resulted in at least 20 fire units being dispatched to the hotel (blog note: fire sprinklers are only activated by heat, not smoke).