For Immediate Release
May 25, 2013
Date of Incident: May 25, 2013
Firefighters Quick Actions Prevent Kitchen Fire from Spreading to
Additional Apartments
Slidell, LA. – St. Tammany Fire District #1 responded to a commercial
structure fire at 657 Carnation Dr. in Slidell. Firefighters arrived
on the scene in just over 4 minutes to find smoke coming from a 3600
square foot 4 unit apartment building. One of the downstairs apartments
had smoke coming from the front door. Firefighters were able to quickly
extinguish the fire and bring the situation under control within
5 minutes of arriving on the scene.
The occupant was outside speaking with a neighbor when she noticed
smoke coming out of the front door. A passerby called 911 from a cell
phone. The 900 square foot apartment received moderate fire damage to
the kitchen and moderate smoke damage throughout the rest of the apartment.
There was no smoke or fire damage to any of the other apartments. The
blaze was caused by a frying pan that was left unattended on the stove.
The Red Cross was contacted to provide assistance to the occupants.
No injuries were reported.
1st alarm: 11:36:20
On scene: 11:40:50
Under Control: 11:45:24
Units: 8
Firefighters: 15
Injuries: 0
Cause: Cooking Fire
For more information about St. Tammany Fire Protection District #1 visit us at
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Chad Duffaut
Chief of Fire Prevention/PIO
[email protected]
Cell: (985) 960-0976