Terrified students awoke to the sound of a fire alarm and also the smell of burning only to uncover escape route doors tied shut. A group of students had set fire to some popcorn in a microwave as a prank with the thought of producing fellow dormitory students believe they were waking up to a fire. The incident took location on Monday 12 May 2009 at Central Connecticut State University.Firefighters attended the scene which was found to be under control though some of the dorm rooms had been full of smoke. 3 teenagers had been arrested by police shortly after the incident throughout which thankfully nobody was hurt.The culprits set fire to the popcorn which activated off the fire alarm at about 3 am in Vance Hall, part of the New Britain Campus. This dormitory is the largest on on the campus and houses up to 400 students.Some students affected by the incident were understandably very distressed after the incident and have been offered counseling by university officials.The microwaves containing the popcorn had been situated on the third floor of the constructing. The students responsible then tied shut the doors of bedrooms on the fourth and fifth floors to create students feel that they had been trapped in a burning constructing. The doors had been tied with fishing line which fortunately wasn’t too tight, thereby enabling the students to squeeze out of the doors.The burning popcorn did develop smoke, however it did not turn out to be too intense.A spokesman for the university expressed concern that this was a prank which could have gone quite wrong indeed. He also praised the calm response of the dormitory students, and said that they had handled the situation well, but that a lot of of them were understandably very annoyed and upset.The arrested students have all been charged with reckless endangerment, reckless burning, criminal mischief and breach of the peace. They’ve all been released on bail and are on account of appear in court once more in June. The three, who are all student athletes, have been suspended from school pending an investigation by university officials to figure out the nature of any disciplinary action against the students.The lawyer for one of the students is quoted as saying that his client accepts his responsibility for what happened and is remorseful. Fortunately the fire alarm did its job and alerted the students who had been sleeping and summoned the emergency services who were able to make certain that the scenario was under control.

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