College/University (on campus), Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential Kent, OH – Residence hall fire at Kent State University extinguished by sprinkler system February 15, 2016 viking210 Someone set fire to a billboard Friday in a Kent State University residence hall, according to a bulletin sent out by the university. The Kent Fire Department responded to a second-floor hallway in Centennial Court A around 1:40 p.m. A sprinkler system had extinguished the fire. Water caused minimal damage to the building and none to residents’ rooms, the alert said. Students were evacuated for a short time, but were permitted to return to their rooms after the fire was out.