An on-campus apartment sustained property damage late Sunday after a cooking fire ignited in the room, but there were no injuries.
LSU Police Department was alerted about the fire in apartment 705 of West Campus Apartments around 9:30 p.m., according to spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.
“They were cooking, and a pot was left on the stove unattended,” he said. “The residents attempted to put it out but could not.”
Lalonde wasn’t sure how the residents tried to extinguish the fire, but he said they called to report it when they were unsuccessful.
The fire was extinguished before the Baton Rouge Fire Department arrived. The apartment’s sprinkler system turned on and put out the fire, though it damaged property in the apartment in the process, Lalonde said.
He said he wasn’t sure how much of a toll the fire and water took on the apartment, though he estimated there was a “good bit” of water damage. Lalonde was unsure about how many students were in the apartment at the time.
 
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