A fire late Tuesday night in the Crest Apartments at Elon University has temporarily displaced 24 students living in six apartments in building 2020. The fire started when a student was cooking, according to Jana Lynn Patterson, assistant vice president for Student Life, and was put out quickly by the sprinkler system between 10 and 11 p.m. No injuries have been reported.
The damage has not been fully assessed, Patterson said, and it has not been determined whether it is mostly caused by water or fire. Some of the evacuated students are staying with friends temporarily and others have been relocated to undisclosed locations, she said. Power has been cut to part of the building.
Patterson and other staff members were responding to the situation as of 1 a.m. Wednesday and it is not certain when students will be allowed to return to their apartments.
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