College/University (on campus), School / University Piscataway, NJ – Arson fire at Rutgers University put out by sprinkler system December 26, 2014 viking210 The investigation determined that a former student set fire to a 30-foot section of the hallway and the adjoining classroom on the second floor of the ARC Building at 1:03 p.m. on Dec. 20. The fire was extinguished by an overhead sprinkler, but damaged portions of the hallway and the classroom. The flash fire also set off an alarm, forcing the evacuation of 210 students who were taking a final exam in a first-floor auditorium located beneath the burning hallway. No one was injured.
