Fire Alarm Set Off in Stevens Hall

On November 14th, 2023, around 3:30pm, the fire alarm went off in the Stevens Dorm Hall on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

After the situation was handled by the university fire team, who contracts with the bureau to provide services for the university and the surrounding areas, Kyle Green, the fire marshal for UAF, stated “It was burnt food in the microwave. It started to smoke when it was burning and it set off the smoke detection in the dorms which alerted us so we could come down automatically.”

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The individual who set off the alarm, who chooses to remain anonymous, stated “I will not state how long I put the honey bun in the microwave, but it was a honey bun that I bought from the vending machine in the dorm. I was hungry so I put a honey bun in the microwave, went to the bathroom, then came back and the room was smokey. While my roommate was in the room studying, the white glaze on the honeybun had turned a solid black and the food was charred. We have really crappy microwaves in the dorms. I think the school should provide better microwaves because it will either not heat up your food at all or completely burn your food. I think there should be microwaves with a balance in between.”

Read the full original article at The Sun Star by Autumn McPherson published on December 4, 2023