Smoke in buildings leads to evacuation at LSSU

SAULT STE. MARIE — A brown-out Tuesday evening led to an evacuation that lasted around three hours.

Fire crews were called to Lake Superior State University around 5:45 p.m. for fire alarms going off.

When they arrived, there were reports of smoke entering buildings.

LSSU President David Travis told 9&10 News that all buildings were evacuated.

The smoke was coming into the buildings from the underground steam tunnels after a report of a small fire.

Power was cut off to the campus around 7:20 p.m.

Fire crews cleared the scene around 8:30 p.m. once the campus was deemed safe.

“If we have a fire in one of these areas, it’s likely to be pulled through the steam tunnels in the other buildings. So that is one of the hazards of having the kind of physical plant design we have set. We are l