A small fire broke out in a student dorm room in Pauli Murray College Monday afternoon, with subsequent water damage affecting the buttery, the college’s student meeting room, the dining hall loading … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Category Archives: Residence Hall/Dormitory
Decorah, IA – Fire sprinklers activate to control dorm room fire; No injuries reported
A fire inside a Luther College dorm in Decorah caused damages but injured no one Wednesday evening.
The Decorah fire department says they were called to Miller hall on … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Norman, OK – Fire sprinklers put out fire sparked by phone charger in dorm room; No injuries reported
Cincinnati, OH – University dorm fire started by battery-operated skateboard kept in check by sprinkler system; No injuries reported
Wichita Falls, TX – Single sprinkler extinguishes dishwasher fire at university student housing
Firefighters say the fire started in the dishwasher and extended to the cabinet and countertop.
There was a single sprinkler head in the kitchen area that activated so there … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
New Haven, CT – Overnight fire in university residence hall contained with help from sprinkler system
New York, NY – Overnight fire in college residence hall extinguished by sprinkler system; Fire started in trash compactor room
Jefferson City, MO – Dormitory stove fire contained to one room by sprinkler system; No injuries reported
Newark, DE – No injuries in fire at high-rise student housing complex; Sprinkler system contained fire
Palo Alto, CA – Sprinkler system activated in fire at Stanford residential building
Note: On January 19, 2000, a fire in a dormitory at Seton Hall University tragically took the lives of three students and injured many more. The residence hall did not have a … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
