Students evacuated Kansas University’s McCollum Residence Hall on Saturday night after a two-alarm fire was reported.
At 6:17 p.m., heavy smoke was reported on the ninth floor of the building’s west wing. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical responded to the scene.
KU Police Sgt. Robert Linzer said the smoke dissipated quickly, no one was injured and no property damage occurred.
The fire started in a five-gallon trash can, Linzer said. Officials are still investigating whether the fire was accidental or intentional.
Students, who stood outside the building waiting to get back into their dorm rooms, said smoke filled the ninth floor and traveled down to the seventh floor.
“There was smoke all over,” KU freshman and ninth-floor resident Trevor Marshall said.
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maxcrabb 4 years, 5 months ago
This may be the first fire alarm sounded at a KU dorm for an actual fire emergency!I wonder if anyone tried to hide... (however, it was very nice out today!)
worker_bee 4 years, 5 months ago
poor freshmen, displaced while studying for their first finals!
introversion 4 years, 5 months ago
If their freshman year was anything like mine, they'd be in the double digits with fire alarms by this point in the year. Im sure they're used to it.
alm77 4 years, 5 months ago
Didn't they replace the alarms with the ones that spray ink on your hand when you sound it? I thought one of the RA's told me that....
introversion 4 years, 5 months ago
well, whats more important than an RA telling you that is that you believed it.
jedifunk 4 years, 5 months ago
Wait, wait - you're telling me that for once an alarm went off in the res halls and there was ACTUALLY A FIRE?
OldEnuf2BYurDad 4 years, 5 months ago
"Didn't they replace the alarms with the ones that spray ink on your hand when you sound it?"Yes. Twenty-five years ago.
del888 4 years, 5 months ago
"Students, who stood outside the building waiting to get back into their dorm rooms, said smoke filled the ninth floor and traveled down to the seventh floor." The smoke traveled DOWN! Hummm.....
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