A small fire broke out on the second floor of New Quincy at 2 a.m. this morning, stranding hundreds of bathrobe and pajama-clad residents for an hour in the courtyard below.
The fire, in one of the downstairs bedrooms of Quincy 315, triggered a sprinkler system and was quickly exinguished, according to Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) Sergeant Bill McNamara.
No students were in the suite when the fire broke out, and no students were injured.
The fire itself caused only "minor" damage, but water trickled under fire doors and soaked Quincy 314, 318, and 319 in addition to room 315.
Fire officials used pumps to suck about six inches of water from the affected rooms, running hoses out of the windows and draining the water into the courtyard. Firefighters and University engineers used large fans to blow a thick black smoke out of the rooms and hallway.
"Its not a healthy place to be right now," said John Gerry, the senior tutor in Quincy House.
The newly-instated Director of the Institute of Politics former Senator
David H. Pryor (DArk.), who lives directly below room 315, said his room sustained water damage through the ceiling.
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