Students and faculty were evacuated from Interdisciplinary B building located on Tempe campus early Monday evening. (Photo by Jessie Wardarski)Fire crews responded to elevator smoke inside the Tempe campus Interdisciplinary B building on 1100 S. Cady Mall Monday night.
An overheated motor inside of the first-floor elevator caused smoke to rise and a nearby vent spread the smoke throughout the building, according to Tempe Fire officials.
Teachers and students were evacuated from the three-story building after engines responded to the structure fire around 4 p.m.
“My eyes started getting irritated … There was a faint smoking smell,” said Sandy Martinez, business operations specialist for the School of Transborder Studies located on the first floor.
A text alert sent out by ASU around 4:24 p.m. stated the building was reopened and the west side elevator is not operational.
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