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UW-Platteville meth fire
Published Mon 11/12/12 05:08 PM
November 10, 2012
A small fire early Saturday morning in the new Rountree Commons dorm next to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus was started when a student tried to manufacture methamphetamine. Portions of the dorm were evacuated for about an hour.
Police say a student was trying to make some meth, but the ingredients started a fire in a plastic waste basket. The student put out the fire and emergency crews were called. Five people suffered smoke-related injuries. The student was treated and arrested.
(Information from campus sources and news reports)