Say goodbye to a good night’s sleep

During early-morning hours usually reserved for all-night study sessions and downtown pub crawling, more than 120 apartment residents stood outside, looking through flashing red and yellow lights as firefighters rushed into the building.

The high-rise fire alarm at The Quarters’ Grayson House on 22nd Street between Pearl and Rio Grande streets alerted Austin Fire Department members and apartment residents at 1:18 a.m., Wednesday morning.

“There was a fire in the trash chute, it was cut out by the sprinkler system that did what it was designed for,” said AFD Battalion Chief Richard Thompson. “Undetermined cause — just water on the first floor, no injuries.”

He said the incident was minor and that AFD members were preoccupied with sweeping water out of the flooded first floor.

“Luckily, there is no damage in our rooms,” said Ilana Diamond, a journalism and Middle Eastern studies senior. “The fire alarm went off, and I grabbed my computer and left.”

AFD responded with more than 30 firefighters and eight vehicles. The Austin Police Department was on scene, taping off the entrance to the building and herding the crowd of confused students.

AFD vehicles began to leave the area around 2:20 a.m., concluding that the fire was minor and did not cause any structural damage that would require the displacement of residents.
 

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