That the flames just started shooting up very quickly. We have some video for you that student katie barr shot as the flames were shooting off the back of the house. She told us that it really just went very, very quick. Heres how she said she found out about the fire. I was asleep and my roommates friend came upstairs and he was sleep on the couch and he said theres a fire and our smoke detectors werent going off. We just got up and i went downstairs and i had my phone flashlight on and i couldnt see like 2 feet in front of me. Reporter now, she said that the smoke alarms were not going off. She clarified later to say they were going off in the basement at the time but the smoke had not yet reached the rest of the house and so thats why they didnt hear it on those upper levels but she said it looked like the deck just started to go up right like that so very lucky for these students. They were able to get out. Everybody is safe. Leave a lot of their belongings behind. Live in universi