Residents of High Rise were forced to evacuate around 9 p.m. on Oct. 2, when a sprinkler in the dormitory was briefly activated on the fifth floor. The hallways flooded and 30-40 residents, assisted the firemen with the cleanup. Students who were evacuated from the dormitory were quickly allowed back into their rooms to assist with the cleanup and salvage their personal belongings. This was the third evacuation for High Rise in 2012.
In March, High Rise residents were evacuated two consecutive nights after a water line burst and then a small fire occurred in the steam plant connecting to the dorm, after a breaker blew in a “substation” on campus. In both instances, utilities in the dormitory had to be cut off, and students endured a long waiting process in the middle of the night before being allowed to re-enter their rooms. No one was injured in the events, and the university reported that it fixed the problems.
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