BYU student making homemade rocket fuel starts dorm fire
A large fireball triggered the dorm’s sprinkler system.
(BYU Police Department via FOX 13) One kitchen at Heritage Halls on the BYU campus was damaged after a student making homemade rocket fuel started a fire.
Provo, Utah • A BYU student making rocket fuel inside the kitchen of a campus dormitory started a fire Sunday that caused damage to the building, displacing residents.
University police said they were alerted to the fire at Heritage Halls - Building Four at 4:30 p.m and found the fire sprinklers had been activated and were flooding the floor.
Flames from the fire “had engulfed the walls and ceiling around the stove and the intense heat tripped the fire sprinkler system,” the department wrote.
After the fire was put out, an investigation found that the student was making homemade rocket fuel on the kitchen stove when it exploded into a fireball.
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