Jenny's Fire Article

Toaster Disaster Sets Franklin Dining Commons up in Flames

At approximately 12:10pm yesterday the Franklin Dining Commons went up in flames. There were no serious injuries, according to head of campus security, Tamar Stevenson, but serious damage was done and the building will have to be shut down.

Nicholas Johnson, a 21 year-old student running from the fire, says that he was “Stunned, shocked. Things were exploding everywhere. I thought that the whole building was going to burn down.” The fire, believes Nicholas, can be attributed to a student putting cheese in one of the toasters.

Campus security has hired investigators to assess the damage, locate the origin of the fire and find the fire’s instigator. John Santana, the Dean of Students, says the fire will have the unfortunate impact of temporarily displacing the students that frequent the Franklin Dining Commons, to other Commons on campus.