Fire flares in Charles Commons, extensive water damage
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “sga”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers a fire, evacuation and water damage at Charles Commons, along with the SGA’s response.
- The paper reported that the fire began in a ninth-floor suite, forced a building-wide evacuation and caused no reported injuries.
- The article says Tracey A. Reeves attributed the fire to a cigarette touching a mattress and said the sprinklers and alarms worked properly; smoke and water damage remained inside.
- The reporter writes that firefighters found a suppressed fire, while police and fire crews responded with at least four trucks.
- The News-Letter reported that the SGA Executive Board purchased approximately 900 ice cream bars for displaced sophomores.
- According to the article, Kyra Toomre said the SGA planned to help students and serve as a liaison with the administration.
- The article adds that residents could not return until late Wednesday evening, while sophomore class president Alex Koren said he was glad everyone was safe.