Louisiana
Louisiana State Capitol emptied briefly after alarm went off
The Louisiana State Capitol was briefly evacuated Tuesday midday after a maintenance crew inadvertently triggered a fire alarm in the building.
Fire trucks could be seen en route to the Capitol as staffers were forced to leave and wait outside for nearly 10 minutes.
The building was emptied as temperatures reached triple digits Tuesday.
As staff members and visitors left the building, the cause of the alarm and whether or not it was a test was initially unclear.
After several minutes, security officers received an official “all clear” notification and people returned inside.
While working in the building’s basement, a maintenance crew inadvertently triggered a sensor that triggered the alarm, said Meg Casper Sunstrom, chief communications officer for the Legislature.