How a COVID cleaning backpack caught fire, changed Lafayette Parish schools' storage rules
Mar. 31—The Lafayette Parish School System has made changes to how staff handle electrostatic backpack sprayers for COVID-19 cleaning after a backpack's lithium batteries caught fire while charging at
Carencro Fire Chief
Mouton said the fire was contained because of the office's cinder block walls and steel door. Once located, the fire took about five minutes to extinguish with the help of
"The cause of the fire was overcharging of the lithium batteries causing them to overheat and ignite," Roger's report said.
LPSS spokesperson
Dickerson said the school system did not file an insurance claim over the fire because the damages did not meet their insurance policy's retention threshold.
The gyms were out of commission for about three and a half weeks while repairs were made, Dickerson said.
All areas impacted by the fire have been restored to their original condition and "the building looks like it did before the fire," Bordelon said.
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