On Friday at about 3:30, some bushes directly below the Computer Science Departments main office caught fire. Department Chair Dr. Weinberg reported seeing smoke outside his office window and called down to the first floor to see what was happening. Upon discovering the fire, Andrew Lamonica (also of the CS Department) called 911, and the campus police quickly put out the blaze. The Edwardsville Fire Department followed up by drenching the site of the fire to ensure that no further outbreaks would occur.

The cause of the fire was not immediately apparent, but the blaze was spread quickly from bush to bush by heavy wind. The Engineering Building does not seem to have sustained any damage. However, the greenery on the south-east side of the building was completely scorched.