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Dorm fire injures one BU student; displaces 40
By adamg on Sun, 09/02/2018 - 8:27am
UPDATE: Cause was a lit candle.
The Boston Fire Department reports a one-room fire Saturday night at 722 Commonwealth Ave. sent one BU student to the hospital and did an estimated $200,000 in damage.
The student suffered non-life threatening injuries, the department says.
Some 40 students had to be relocated for the night due to water damage from putting out the third-floor fire, to which the department responded around 10 p.m.
The cause remains under investigation, the department says.
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That my good sir
is NOT a great way to make friends.
Welcome Students
That's really gotta suck.
BU Today reports it was a lit
BU Today reports it was a lit candle per the Boston FD.
Remember, kids...
Candles don't start fires, candles are fires.