Oven fire at GVSU dorm alarms fire crews

Several Ottawa County fire departments responded to a small fire Sunday morning at a Grand Valley State University dorm.

[Bon Van]

Dumb! Anyone who knows how to cook or bake knows that you always check inside the oven before you turn it on.

Luckily no one was hurt, but I'm sure the RA was really embarrassed. Hopefully she learned a lesson.

[Someones Mama]

*facepalm*

[just me]

thanks for reporting on this fire news 8, Ill remember this story when other communities have fires and you dont report on them, including ones that burn complete houses to the ground and firefighters get hurt, but its not important cuz its not in GR or at the college.

[Cheeky Chick]

Why would a dishwasher rack be in the oven????

[GRRArea]

Cheeky Chick wrote:

Why would a dishwasher rack be in the oven????

I was just wondering the same thing....geez, my 11 year old knows to look both ways before crossing the street....its a simple point here...stop, look and then proceed!

But thats why kids go C O L L E G E ... to learn!

[GVSU alum]

Now I see why GVSU keeps having record enrollment-they keep lowering the admissions standard.

[Mary Sunshine]

O SNAP!!

[Hoofhearted]

just me wrote:

thanks for reporting on this fire news 8, Ill remember this story when other communities have fires and you dont report on them, including ones that burn complete houses to the ground and firefighters get hurt, but its not important cuz its not in GR or at the college.

I believe that they reported on this because of the high life safety hazard at colleges. There are many students under one roof in dorm buildings. There have also been several multiple fatality fires in college dorms in recent years. Any time there is a fire at a dorm, no matter how small it may seem at the time, the potential is there for a major incident. Remember, many of these students are away from home for the first time in their lives, and don't have a great deal of familiarity with their new surroundings.

[Swamp]

I was super impressed by the response time for Marne. Marne had their truck and guys at Allendale before the majority of the Allendale trucks (only 1 Allendale truck had arrived). All in all..GREAT JOB GUYS!

[meka]

ok, seriously though...how does a dishwasher rack end up in the oven?

[anonymous]

meka wrote:

ok, seriously though...how does a dishwasher rack end up in the oven?

There isnt a lot of room on the counters in these rooms.. trust me. We have to be able to make space in the amount of counterspace we are given in these dorms. So by placing that in the oven she was probably trying to make space on her counter and keep things out of the way.

[JMK]

Holy cow, you're whole life is in a 10x12 foot room and you people wonder how a dishwasher rack might end up in an oven? The counter space probably gets used a whole lot more than the oven, so using it as occasional storage makes sense. Then she just forgot to look - it's not the end of the world. Had it not been in a dorm room, no one would have ever known - I doubt this is the first time something like this has happened!

[GVSU student]

When I walked out of my dorm today I was like, what in the world is going on? There were fire trucks, ambulances, and police everywhere and everyone was crowded around Kleiners. Then someone told me a RA was trying to bake cookies in the oven with a dishwasher rack...silly RA. I'm glad no one was hurt.

[Look Closer]

Cheeky Chick wrote:

Why would a dishwasher rack be in the oven????

Because the turkey was in the dishwasher.

[just me]

Hoofhearted wrote:

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I believe that they reported on this because of the high life safety hazard at colleges. There are many students under one roof in dorm buildings. There have also been several multiple fatality fires in college dorms in recent years. Any time there is a fire at a dorm, no matter how small it may seem at the time, the potential is there for a major incident. Remember, many of these students are away from home for the first time in their lives, and don't have a great deal of familiarity with their new surroundings.

I fully understand all of this and appreciate them for putting it on the news. My complaint is not with this particular story, its the fact that news 8 chooses to put this fire story on the news, but when there is a major fire in other communities and fire fighters have actually been hurt or people in the building, they choose to turn their heads because its not news to them, its not in GR so its not news.
Thats why I was so surprised they put this one on air and on here.
I have a personal issue with this subject and my local dept has literally been totally and completely ignored for many years but local news and honestly it angers me to no end. Not to mention how many times a week our dept goes to apartment buildings where the call comes in saying its an apt fire, building evacuated, only to find out once again for about the 10th time that week, it was only burnt food.
Get my point? None of those make it on the news, and its still a full building of people.
Im sure Allendale did a fine, quick job & fast response, I applaud all fire fighters, no matter where they are, its a tough job.

[heather]

why would a dishwasher rack be in the oven stupid

[Also a GVSU Alum]

GVSU alum wrote:

Now I see why GVSU keeps having record enrollment-they keep lowering the admissions standard.

...except that they're RAISING admission standards...

[Easy now]

Wow, so many perfect people here. Anyone here ever make a mistake? Ease up a bit please.

[WTF]

just me wrote:

<quoted text>
I fully understand all of this and appreciate them for putting it on the news. My complaint is not with this particular story, its the fact that news 8 chooses to put this fire story on the news, but when there is a major fire in other communities and fire fighters have actually been hurt or people in the building, they choose to turn their heads because its not news to them, its not in GR so its not news.
Thats why I was so surprised they put this one on air and on here.
I have a personal issue with this subject and my local dept has literally been totally and completely ignored for many years but local news and honestly it angers me to no end. Not to mention how many times a week our dept goes to apartment buildings where the call comes in saying its an apt fire, building evacuated, only to find out once again for about the 10th time that week, it was only burnt food.
Get my point? None of those make it on the news, and its still a full building of people.
Im sure Allendale did a fine, quick job & fast response, I applaud all fire fighters, no matter where they are, its a tough job.

This is a Grand Rapids News station. Sorry!

[DJL]

anonymous wrote:

<quoted text>
There isnt a lot of room on the counters in these rooms.. trust me. We have to be able to make space in the amount of counterspace we are given in these dorms. So by placing that in the oven she was probably trying to make space on her counter and keep things out of the way.

Why not just keep the dishwasher rack in the dishwasher? Duh....
I didn't go to college and I know enough to do that.