The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Roughly a hundred Willis Hall residents were evacuated Tuesday night following a fire on the third floor.

BREAKING: Candle ‘explosion’ prompts evacuation of Willis Hall Tuesday night

Emily Spatz, deputy campus editor October 10, 2023

Willis Hall was evacuated for around 20 minutes late Tuesday night due to smoke on the third floor, prompting a response from the Boston fire department and Northeastern police and temporarily displacing roughly a hundred residents. A student on the third floor, who asked...