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Fire breaks out at Robert Morris University residence hall

No injuries reported

Fire breaks out at Robert Morris University residence hall

No injuries reported

IN MOON TOWNSHIP, FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY JUST BEFORE 9:00 LAST NIGHT AS FLAMES WERE SEEN COMING FROM THE ROOF OF A RESIDENCE HALL. WASHINGTON HALL TOWER G. MEMBERS OF THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM WERE STAYING THERE, WHILE RMU IS ON SPRING BREAK. IT APPEARS THAT AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT ON THE ROOF CAUGHT FIRE. THERE WASN’T ANY SMOKE INSIDE. AS SOON AS YOU WALKED OUT, YOU COULD SMELL A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING UNTIL WE GOT UP ON TOP OF THE HILL AND LOOKED AT THE ROOF. NO MEMBERS OF THE RMU COMMUNITY WERE INJURED AND THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED WITHIN MINUTES AFTER FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, RMU RELEASED A STATEMENT ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO AVOID THE G TOWER OF THE WASHINGTON HALL ARE
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Fire breaks out at Robert Morris University residence hall

No injuries reported

Fire broke out at a Robert Morris University residence hall on Tuesday night.The fire was reported a little before 9 p.m. at Washington Hall Tower G in Moon Township.Members of the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams were staying there while the university is on spring break.It appears an air conditioning unit on the roof caught fire.The fire was contained within minutes after firefighters arrived.No injuries were reported.

Fire broke out at a Robert Morris University residence hall on Tuesday night.

The fire was reported a little before 9 p.m. at Washington Hall Tower G in Moon Township.

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Members of the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams were staying there while the university is on spring break.

It appears an air conditioning unit on the roof caught fire.

The fire was contained within minutes after firefighters arrived.

No injuries were reported.