Firefighters found a fourth-floor room in flames and extinguished the fire within about 20 minutes. The fire was contained to one room, which was not occupied at the time. Students housed in the damaged room, as well as in one adjacent room which is temporarily without power, will be relocated to other university housing. Other students should be back in their rooms tonight. The response of the students allowed the firefighters to do their job and contain the fire quickly.
State law requires that SLED assist with with any fire investigation involving state property.