LAFAYETTE, La. — UPDATE: Fire officials confirm that it was a teacher, not a school resource officer, who put out a small fire that ignited in the bathroom at Alice Boucher Elementary School Wednesday afternoon.
A Lafayette Fire Department spokesman told KATC late Thursday that a teacher stomped out a fire that started in a bathroom at the school. The school's resource officer arrived afterward with the fire extinguisher, he told us.
Initially it had been reported that the SRO put out the fire; but several viewers called us to tell us it was a teacher who had, in fact, put out the fire, so we checked in with the fire department - and they confirmed that update.
Around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday, Lafayette Fire Department responded to the small fire in a bathroom at the school after school officials made the report to 911. The school was temporarily evacuated, but the teacher was able to put out the fire, limiting the damage.
Firefighters found a small, partially burnt clothing item in one of the bathroom stalls and noted minor soot and smoke damage in the bathroom.
No further details are available, and LFD are still investigating the incident.
