UNIVERSITY Fire damages Straub basement By Matt Bender Emerald Reporter An electrical fire in the base ment of Straub Hall filled the building with smoke and caused about S250 worth of damage Tuesday morning, au thorities said. Tim Birr, Eugene lire depart ment spokesman, said the cause of the fire originated in a motor in the basement's me chanical room, which he be lieved may have been a healing vontiilation room Two Univer sity Office of Public Safety offi cers put out the fire with a port able extinguisher, he said OPS Officer Manny Gold smith said he went into the basement of the building and saw some insulation burning on the floor He -.aid the insula tion had fallen from some over head electrical wires where the fire had started He said the wires were among the various pipes and insulation that run along the ceiling of the basement of Straub Goldsmith said the flames were about six to eight inches tall and hr- used a fire extin guisher to put them out. He said the smoke was the major problem and the flames were easy to extinguish Eugene police department Sgt Dennis Baker, whose office is in Stmub, said he left a meet ing at about lt:-tS am., and found the building full of thic k smoke lie said he and the rest of the OPS staff had to leave the building until the smoke tn the building was cleared out Ftirr said three engines and one truck arrived on the scene at 11 fi 1 a in Firefighters ur rued with nothing showing" meaning there was no smoke ( inning outside, Itirr said Hirr said firefighters observed that the south end of the base ment was filled with "a lot of smoke, hut not a lot of fire " "Most of the work involved blowing smoke out o! the base merit w ith fans,” ftirr said The lire department vehicles loft the si cue at U:2B p m . af ter blowing the smoke out and cleaning up tfie basement [taker said the building still smelled of smoke long after the fire department left MEETINGS kurean Student Admittalion will have *n important meeting tonight from 0 to 7 in the EMU cRoom For mom information, call .146 9195 Hawaii Glub will meet tonight at 7 in EMU Cadai Room E For more information, t oil 09141235 lapannwt Sludmt Organisation will meal today at 4Wpm in EMU Gedar Room B College Republtrana will meet tonight at 7 in EMU Century Room A For more Information, t oll 747 .1070 Student* for (kok* will m«®t tonight at 7 In Room 276 Education For morn information, call 346-064* Mam Again** Rapa will meet tonight at 6 In EMU Odor Room B l-or more information.call 346-4206 ViatnaiMM Student Aaaoctation will moat tonight at 7 tn Smith Lounge Student* intaratiad In participating In tho Tat Now Year Celebration am encouraged to attend Executive* meet at 6 30 For more information, cal! 096-9224 or 346 9490 MISCELLANEOUS Student* of Ofegar Itviam will have die u*alon* on obfaruviam tonight at 5 30 and 7 30pm tn EMU Century Room & For mure information, coll 744-034* Women in Trenail ion Gotten Moor provide* a chance to meet, interact and network with other* on campua today from 11 a m to noon In the Women* («n(M l.nhby. FMt Suit* » For mtsr« information. « ail »4f* 4<*k» Student I mploy mm I wsl! hold 4 summer employ meni workshop today from 4 to & pm in Room 12 Hendrick* for more information, rail .14^3214 ( enter for the Study ol Women in So* »*ly will b4vt- an evening of rvitmmbftni a of A mire l or do. 1034 !**•,».' tonight at 7 30 tn C.erlinftor l ounge P«ttiri|kM(i may bnog flower*. Mutated reading* and poetry to chare For more information, tell *44*5015 Prelaw Society will have a tiiw u**ion titled "Attorney lor the City of Kugaf**" toilsy at 4 to p m In Room 164 Oragon Hull For more information, t ali mut imflta Rubt* u* Society will meet and have a pmweiuijan on KWO't MrKenrte River pro}*** t* today at noon at DtFHwe'i In the Atrium. tW W 10th Ave Aamt»«iun it free and lunch is optional For more information, rail Mi 2194 Oead/ine for tubmntm* At Alt lo tha hmortld front itmk. EMU Suite JW. 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