MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- About 200 students at Columbia University were forced out of their dorms after a fire.
The flames broke out shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday in a third floor dorm room at Ruggles Hall. Heavy smoke quickly spread throughout the eight story building.
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Students are staying in nearby dorms until they are allowed back in.
The cause of the fire has been deemed accidental.