Fire closes Stockdale Center for weeks
Thanks to rapid response by local firefighters, fire damage from an Oct. 6 blaze in Stockdale Center was contained to a dry goods storage room in the food service area. However, smoke damage forced the building to be closed to the public for the remainder of the fall semester. On Feb. 1, food service will return to the dining hall which, along with the kitchen, will be sealed off from the rest of the building. The Monmouth Fire Department determined that the cause was not intentional, and no one was injured in the incident.