Spring Break
Fire at Alpha Tau Omega house causes several thousand dollars in damage
Kristina Peters/Editor in Chief
Issue date: 9/26/08 Section: News
|
Firefighters were called to the ATO house, 509 Lincoln Ave., at 6:53 p.m.
Nobody was injured during the incident, and the cause of the fire is being investigated.
"We just barely started the investigation," Goodwin said around 8:30 p.m. "We will be here for a while."
Goodwin said there is water damage in the basement and smoke damage throughout the house.
Mike Deg, a senior physical science major and resident of the house, said he was cooking dinner when he smelled smoke.
Six of the eight residents of the house were home when the incident happened.
Deg and Dan Bujwit, a senior history major and another resident of the house, went to the back and said they saw smoke coming from the electrical box.
"It's unfortunate," Deg said.
The house's landlord, Mark Grant, was on the scene.
"It's just a tragedy," he said.
Grant recently renovated the ATO house.
"I spent a lot of money getting it together for the ATOs," he said.
Goodwin said the residents of the house would be unable to return to the house for the night, but should be able to move back in today.
He said he did not know where they would stay for the night.
-Verge Editor Marco Santana contributed to this report
Kristina Peters can be reached at 581-7936 or kmpeters2@eiu.edu.
The Daily Eastern News encourages on-topic, civil discussion on its articles posted online. It is our policy not to screen comments before they are posted or edit them after they are posted. However, we reserve the right to remove comments that are off-topic, malicious, libelous or include excessive foul language. The DEN also reserves the right to turn off all comments on any story it deems necessary.
Comments violating copyright law will also be removed.
Users who repeatedly violate this policy will be banned from commenting.
If you have any questions on our comment policy or wish to report a comment that you feel violates these standards, please e-mail a link to the article to our Online Editor at DENNews.com@gmail.com.
Viewing Comments 1 - 5 of 6
Charleston Resident
posted 9/26/08 @ 7:27 AM CST
A photo of the house perhaps? DUH!
chill
posted 9/26/08 @ 2:19 PM CST
Okay, I am tired. I am tired of people attacking the DEN in such childish ways. No one would write into Wall Street Journal and comment "duh!" For that matter, would even people write into JG-TC and say this? I appreciate the need to correct media but treat people with the hope of how you want them to be. (Continued…)
pj
posted 9/26/08 @ 11:16 PM CST
actually, they do write in to the jg/tc with comments like that, you should check out their message boards, it's pretty interesting.
M
posted 9/27/08 @ 10:30 AM CST
The house didn't suffer any exterior damage, so taking a picture of it wouldn't have added anything to the news report.
gwenstefni
posted 11/10/08 @ 1:15 AM CST
On an October Saturday night in 1957, running students and screaming fire engines converged on the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house. Smoke and flames belched from several of the fourth-floor windows as firemen hunted for over ten minutes for fire hydrants that would provide adequate water pressure to reach the fire. (Continued…)
Post a Comment