NATION : 5 Fires at Rutgers Fraternities
Separate suspicious fires erupted within minutes of each other in five buildings occupied by Rutgers University fraternities, fire officials said today.
No one was injured, but 21 students were left homeless by the blazes, all of which were reported between 10:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Monday, said Deputy Fire Chief James Riley.
“These were very suspicious fires,” Riley said. “They were practically simultaneous. We don’t have any idea who lit them yet. . . . “
All the fires were out by 1 a.m. today, although campus authorities ordered the fraternities to appoint students to stay up all night and guard the houses, said Teresa Loser, dean of fraternity and sorority affairs at Rutgers.
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