College/University (on campus), Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential, Residential High Rise Champaign, IL – Sprinklers control fire in campus high-rise apartment building June 29, 2015 viking210 Nobody was hurt in an apartment fire Sunday night at a campus high-rise. Champaign Fire Marshal John Koller said firefighters were called to a blaze at the Tower at Third, 302 E. John St. at 9:22 p.m. By the time firefighters arrived, the sprinkler system was already controlling the fire, which was limited to a single apartment on the third floor. However, smoke had spread throughout the floor. There was moderate smoke in the apartment and light smoke on the rest of the floor. The residents were evacuated to the lobby on the first floor while firefighters tackled the blaze. A resident of the apartment told firefighters he had had some problems with a refrigerator in the apartment, but it was too soon to determine a cause on Sunday night. Koller said investigators would be looking into the cause late Sunday night and early Monday morning. Koller said the fire was under control by 9:40 p.m.
