A fire broke out in a South Campus apartment Monday night when two Syracuse University students, both males, left their hamburgers on the stove for too long, said one of the residents who would not identify himself.

‘It was a grease fire,’ the resident said. He added that no one was hurt.

Two fire engines, two fire trucks and several Department of Public Safety vehicles arrived at the apartment, 155 No. 2 Small Road, to extinguish the flames. Syracuse Fire Department firefighters knocked out the second-floor window of the two-person apartment, allowing smoke to escape.

The 9-1-1 call was made just before 9 p.m., and both the fire department and Public Safety officials responded to the call, said Officer Andrew Clary.

Three students were standing outside the apartment: the two who were inside at the time of the fire and the resident’s roommate, who said he was not home when the fire broke out.

– Compiled by Matt Reilly, asst. news editor