Fire trucks drove onto campus Wednesday around noon as students evacuated the SUB after a false fire alarm.
Tina Archuleta, a SUB employee, said the alarm started after excess dust in the air ducts gave the impression that smoke had billowed into the filtration system and covered the fire alarm sensors.
“There were tons of people outside,” she said. “I saw the firefighters put on their suits. Then they started to take them off because they knew it was a joke.”
Even as the SUB alarm sounded, student Dante Archuleta said patrons inside the SUB didn’t budge from their seats until restaurant employees closed shop and left.
“That’s the public school system for you,” he said. “A fire alarm goes off, and everyone thinks it’s a fake.”
