Fire displaces students from Towers

By Dylan Pichnarcik

Associate Editor

A fire in Corinne Hall Towers resulted in the evacuation of residents and their subsequent displacement from their rooms on Nov. 12.

The fire, caused by a malfunctioning lamp in a student's room on the sixth floor, spread to flammable personal items throughout the space at approximately 1 a.m., according to Meg Nowak Borrego, vice president of Student Affairs.

As a result, 23 students are living in Linsley Hall or other Towers rooms while water damage is assessed.

The cost of the fire, including repairs and reparations to students, is expected to be approximately $200,000, according to Nowak Borrego.

She said after the building’s alarm system sounded, the sprinkler system activated and stopped the fire from spreading.

The fire remained contained to the student’s room, according to Nowak Borrego.

She said the building's sprinklers worked as expected to suppress the fire.

While waiting for clearance to reenter the building, students were directed to Hemenway Hall.

Nowak Borrego said she, along with President Nancy Niemi, Robert Totino, vice president of Finance, Technology, and Administration, Ryan Hacker, associate vice president of Facilities and Capital Projects, and Glenn Cochran, assistant vice president of Student Affairs, were on site after the incident and surveyed the building after the Framingham Fire Department left campus.

The group remained on campus until students were readmitted to non-damaged areas of Towers.