Sara's Fire Article

NOW SERVING CHAR-GRILLED BUILDING

The Franklin Dining Hall went up in flames today at around 12:00pm. Severe damage was caused to the building but no one knows how bad it really is nor if anyone was seriously injured, according to Tamar Stevenson, the chief of security.

“I was stunned, shocked and scared. I thought the whole building was going to burn down” said Nicholas Johnson, a 21 year old student from Umass. Nicholas thinks the fire occurred when he was waiting in line at the dining hall to use the toaster when, “some kid put cheese through the toaster and set it on fire”. Investigators are being called in for further investigation on how the fire truly started.

Till then, the Dean of Students, John Santana, said that the dining hall will not be open for use because of safety reasons and the reopening of the building is unknown.