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Backpack fire at UAB School of Education building

Backpack fire at UAB School of Education building
WEBVTT THIS EARLIER. WE ARE ON 13TH STREET ON THE UAB CAMPUS. THERE IS A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE. BIRMINGHAM POLICE, UAV POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT -- UAB POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE IN THE EDUCATION BUILDING. IT WAS A SMOKING BACKPAC THEY WERE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS AT FIRST AND THAT IS WHAT THEY CALLED EVERYONE OUT TO INVESTIGATE. THE INFORMATION WE JUST GOT WAS THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY A STUDENT’S BACKPACK THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE IS NOW OUT AND THEY SAY THERE IS NO THREAT TO CAMPUS. THEY ARE SLOWLY LOOKING EVERYTHING OVER TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OK BUT WE ARE TOLD IT WAS A BACKPACK THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THERE IS NO THREAT TO CAMPUS. LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM, LA
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Backpack fire at UAB School of Education building
UAB had a fire scare on Friday after a backpack caught on fire at the School of Education building. Birmingham firefighters quickly put out the fire. No one was injured.More details in the video above.

UAB had a fire scare on Friday after a backpack caught on fire at the School of Education building.

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Birmingham firefighters quickly put out the fire. No one was injured.

More details in the video above.