On Sunday, just before 1 p.m., Ithaca Firefighters, along with Cornell University Environmental Health and Safety workers to the Alice Cook House, a residential dorm on University Avenue for a kitchen fire. The cause of the fire was found to be boxes left on the stove which ignited, setting the third-floor kitchen ablaze. Luckily, a working sprinkler system was in place and kept the fire at bay until firefighters were able to arrive on the scene.