Fire burnin', fire burnin' in the fake dorm

C2M's Alex Guichet was in President's Park to cover the Environmental Health and Safety Office's annual dorm burn. Photographs by Jenna Beaver. (Alex Guichet)

Fires in dormitories are rare occasions, but for students in President’s Park a mock dorm burn showed the reality of such an event.

The Environmental Health and Safety Office celebrated their Life Safety Fair, and with it came their annual dorm burn, on Monday. The mock dorm room was lit ablaze to show how quickly a fire can begin and consume a room.

The mock dorm room fire was ignited and later extinguished by Fairfax County Fire and Rescue.

C2M’s Alex Guichet and Jenna Beaver were on the scene to capture footage of the blaze.