Categories: Archives

Fire burns at Salk Hall

Students received the first ENS alert since April on Tuesday, but this time it wasn’t for a… Students received the first ENS alert since April on Tuesday, but this time it wasn’t for a bomb threat.

At 11:22 a.m. on Tuesday, a fire was reported on the fourth floor of Salk Hall, located next to the Petersen Events Center. The building houses the School of Pharmacy and School of Dental Medicine. Pitt and city police vehicles responded to the call, and the fire was extinguished in about 30 minutes, according to Pitt spokesman John Fedele.

Fedele said the cause of the fire was unknown, but arson investigators were on the scene after the fire was extinguished. Around 2 p.m., the building was being cleaned up and was expected to reopen at 5 p.m. Fedele also said that he did not know an estimated cost of the damage.

“The big news is everybody’s safe,” he said. “There were no known injuries.”

Pitt News Staff

Share
Published by
Pitt News Staff

Recent Posts

What Trump’s win means for the future of reproductive rights 

Pitt professors give their opinions on what future reproductive health care will look like for…

1 hour ago

Police blotter: Nov. 8 – Nov. 20

Pitt police reported one warrant arrest for indecent exposure at Forbes and Bouquet, the theft…

1 hour ago

Down to their last strike, Pitt men’s soccer’s No. 2 seeding provides new hope in the NCAA tournament

Now down to their last strike, the time has come for 2024 Pitt men’s soccer…

1 hour ago

Pitt’s winter sports well underway and preparing for holiday break contests

Wrestling Pitt wrestling (1-0, ACC 0-0) is in full swing and hosts Lehigh this Sunday,…

1 hour ago

NFL playoff predictions and the NBA’s breakout rookie star in this week’s Take Four

The Eagles could go all the way // Ashley O’Doherty, Staff Writer  After their dominant…

1 hour ago

Pitt volleyball prepares for Thanksgiving week matchups

Coming off four straight sweeps at the Fitzgerald Field House against UNC, Duke, Florida State…

2 hours ago