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University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 9. 1987
Above: Lawrence firefighters hose down an adjacent building to prevent it from catching fire. Right: KU police and Lawrence firefighters clear debris to find the cause of the fire. They were investigating the site of the fire yesterday.
Dan Ruettimann/KANSAN
1,000 formed around the area where the firefighters worked and watched as flames rose about 40 feet above the building. Police kept the crowds back and warned that there were under-
gators from KU police and the Lawrence Fire Department examined the area and determined the fire was of suspicious origin. The investigation is continuing.
Barone said he wished it was Malot Hall that was burning.
"I have a history test there on Monday," he said.
Crowd
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The whole building was full of smoke — the east side was full of flames. We ran to the computer center and called. I couldn't believe it.'
"What's funny is nobody knew what building it was," Barone said. "First it was Wescole, then it was the library."
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Wondering whether her classes might be canceled also attracted Anna Gordon, Chicago sophomore, from Oliver Hall. She thought Wescoe, where she has four classes, was burning.
"Party pic!" was a popular comment, as students posed in front of fire trucks for pictures.
Fire
It was a party atmosphere around the building as firefighters fought the blaze.
"I was really curious if it was Summerfield," Kaboff, a business major, said.
"It's where the action is on campus," he said.
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Matthew Lee
Kevin Barone, Frontenac freshman, was one of the spectators from a sixth-floor balcony on the east end of Haworth.
"I've seen bigger," he said, "under my hood."
Matthew Lee Sunrise Beach, Mo., senior
A strong wind from the south carried smoke from the fire across campus.
The fire was called in about 10:45 p.m. from the computer center by Andy Maynard, Kansas City, Mo., senio, and Matthew Lee, Sunrise Beach, Mo., senior. They had been walking nearby when they saw the fire.
Beach, Mo., senior
"The whole building was full of smoke — the east side was full of flames." Lee said about 10 minutes after he had reported the blaze. "We ran to the computer center and called, I couldn't believe it."
Ted Fabiano, Longmont, Colo., senior, said this was his second fire in two weeks. Fabiano's car caught fire Oct. 21 in front of McColum Hall.
But McSwain said that the two tanks — a 10,000 gallon tank and a 2,000 gallon tank — were never in danger because they were too far away.
Kansan reporters Julie McMahon and Mark Tilford contributed information to this story.
Other popular comments included,
"Who brought the marshmallows?"
and, taking a cue from the beer
commercial, "No — Bud Light!"
"The water system on campus isn't what it should be." he said.
“This is more exciting than the KU—K-State football game,” an officer said near the computer center, where heat from the flames could be felt.
McSwain said the fire department had requested that water pumps be turned on in the facilities operations building because of low water pressure on campus.
Members of the crowd asked anybody who looked remotely official what had caused the fire and what was in the building.
Even police were joking, saying they had thought it was their comrades in Aggieville who would see action Saturday night after the KU—K-State football game in Manhattan.
A crowd which police estimated at
As to the building's contents, one person said he thought the building might hold parking service vehicles, and said mockingly what a crushing loss it would be for the University if they were destroyed.
But not everybody was watching lightheartedly.
Kay Hawes, Fairfax, Va., senior, said she thought Watson Library was on fire from where she lived across campus.
Kansan reporters Brian Baresch, Michael Merschel, Jennifer Rowland and Mark Tilford contributed information to this story.
He added, "I guess it's just innate instinct to stand around events and gape."
"You could not see the Campanile for the smoke," she said.
Brothers said people were drawn to the fire by the excitement.
Hawes was concerned about who
would pay for the building's replacement.
"It may be a facilities and operations building, but the money to replace it is going to come out of our store," she said. "We should be concerned."
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