Cigarette starts fire

A cigarette butt caused a small fire outside of Collins Edmonson Thursday.\nThe fire occurred outside the building by the ventilation grate, said Bob Weith, director of residential operations.\n"Outside the building by the ventilation grate, there was some heat coming out because it's a little cold outside and some of our student smokers were standing on the grate and threw a butt to the bottom of the pit," Weith said.\nHe reported that there was a lot of smoke, but no damage occurred. The Bloomington Fire Department came out to investigate and take care of the smoke.\n"The staff evacuated beautifully, everyone was responsible and cooperative and everything is cool," Weith said.\nPeter Michel, acting battalion chief with the Bloomington Fire Department, also confirmed that the fire was started by a cigarette but caused no damage.