Campus Firewatch Update
A service of Campus Firewatch (http://www.campus-firewatch.com)

In today's update...

        Campus Fire, Louisiana State University
        Residence Hall Fire, Louisiana State University
        Campus Fire, Longwood College, VA

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The following accounts have been taken
from press reports and, unless otherwise
indicated, have not been independently verified.

More information on these incidents will be contained
in an upcoming issue of Campus Firewatch.
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April 20, 2001
Campus Fire
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

(NOTE: The following information was provided by Mike Durham from LSU)

A fire occurred in an office in our Life Sciences Building. The office was a
small one which housed one professor. The fire was a paper fire, apparently
started near the door on or near some boxes of books and T-shirts which were
stacked on the floor and on a chair. The fire set off a sprinkler head in
the office, which extinguished the fire in short order with very little fire
damage.
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April 23, 2001
Residence Hall Fire
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

(NOTE: The following information was provided by Mike Durham from LSU)

A fire occurred in a women's dorm on the 5th floor. The student had placed a
skillet with oil in it on an electric burner in a small "kitchen" area . She
apparently left it unattended and forgot about it until the skillet caught
fire and caused the fire alarm to go off. She returned to the kitchen room
and extinguished the fire in the skillet with a dry powder fire =
extinguisher. The smoke filled the floor of the dorm, but caused no injuries
to the other students, who evacuated the building. The woman who
extinguished the fire suffered smoke inhalation and was treated at the
hospital.
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April 24, 2001
Campus Fire
Longwood College
Farmville, VA

A historic complex at Longwood College that was undergoing a $12 million
renovation was destroyed by fire.  Four adjacent dormitories were also
evacuated during the fire.  Damage to the residence halls was reported to be
limited to water damage.  The 400 students were housed in the gymnasium for
the evening.


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