I didn`t go to this fire, heard Cuba Fire Department dispatched to assist Rolla Fire Department, and found several photos of it on the Rolla Daily News, some taken by the newspaper staff and some by students at UMR. From my understanding, the Rolla Fire Department was dispatched to the call as a HVAC unit fire, this is what it looked like on their arrival…

The building involved was Emerson Hall, an Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, and Rolla arrived on scene with aerial truck, a ladder, and immediately began attacking the fire with it….

…soon after their second aerial truck arrived, this one a platform, and they put it into hydraulic operations as well…

I have never seen an HVAC unit burn like that on a building rooftop, but I guess anything is possible these days…kudos to the Rolla Fire Department and other departments who assisted them that day, as I heard they kept the fire contained to the rooftop and no students were injured. Per officials at UMR, ” Rolla Fire Chief Ron Smith said fire investigators believe the point of origin for the fire was near a circuit junction box that powered an electric motor attached to the cooling station on the roof of Emerson Hall. The cooling station caught fire early afternoon on Thursday, Dec. 8. Smith also stated no one was injured at this fire. ”  There was also no structural damage to the building. Great photos by students and staff too !!