By Greg Chandler
Zeeland Record
An investigation is underway in connection with a fire early Tuesday morning at Hope College’s DeWitt Student and Cultural Center.
Hope College Campus Safety and the Holland Fire Department responded to a report of a small electrical fire in the lower level of DeWitt, in the center of the Hope campus, about 7 a.m., college spokeswoman Stephanie Schafer said.
The fire was “held in check by the building’s fire protection system. Crews completed extinguishing the fire and ventilated smoke,” the fire department posted in a statement on its X social media account.
The building was reopened to the public several hours after the fire was reported, “with a few portions of the lower level remaining closed while cleanup and restoration (took) place,” Schafer said.
No one was in the area at the time of the fire, Schafer said.
Zeeland Record
An investigation is underway in connection with a fire early Tuesday morning at Hope College’s DeWitt Student and Cultural Center.
Hope College Campus Safety and the Holland Fire Department responded to a report of a small electrical fire in the lower level of DeWitt, in the center of the Hope campus, about 7 a.m., college spokeswoman Stephanie Schafer said.
The fire was “held in check by the building’s fire protection system. Crews completed extinguishing the fire and ventilated smoke,” the fire department posted in a statement on its X social media account.
The building was reopened to the public several hours after the fire was reported, “with a few portions of the lower level remaining closed while cleanup and restoration (took) place,” Schafer said.
No one was in the area at the time of the fire, Schafer said.
