Firefighters from the East Lansing Fire Department and maintenance workers walk through the first floor of West Shaw Hall, Sept. 23, 2013. Students were evacuated from the building after malfunctioning sprinklers went off. Simon Schuster/The State News
Around 8:45 p.m. Monday, authorities responded to alarms at West Shaw Hall.
A sprinkler system allegedly broke on the first floor causing minor flooding, firefighter paramedic Dan Sharp said. Both East Shaw and West Shaw halls were evacuated. All residents were let back in around 11:15 p.m., with minimal water damage to the first floor.
Advertising sophomore Ani Mayasandra, who lives on the first floor of West Shaw Hall, said resident assistants began evacuating students as soon as sprinklers in the hallways activated.
“It was spraying water everywhere,” Mayasandra said. “I went back in to cover my door, but I was told they’d write me up if I didn’t get out.”
Sharp said sprinklers activated in the hallways but did not spray into the rooms themselves. But general management Austin Dickerson said water began seeping into other hallways.
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