6 Dec. 2000 - This past January, there was a fatal fire in a dormitory at Seton Hall University in New Jersey (U.S.). Three young lives were lost and there were a number of injuries as well.

As a result of efforts spearheaded by the NFSA and joined by legislators, contractors, labor unions and others, the State passed a law that now requires fire sprinklers in all dormitories at colleges and universities.

Fortunately, the administration at Seton Hall University had acted quickly. A small trash fire in the pre-dawn hours forced the evacuation of more than 600 Seton Hall students from Boland Hall on December 6th just hours after a school celebration honored heroes of the tragic blaze that claimed three lives in the same dormitory less than a year ago.

The fire broke out about 3:15 a.m. in a first-floor room where students empty their garbage and was extinguished almost immediately by sprinklers installed since the fatal blaze in January. No one was injured, but students were evacuated to a nearby cafeteria for three hours.

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