The Madison Fire Department was sent to Cole Hall, 625 Elm Drive, at 7:34 p.m. for reports of a battery fire in a dorm room. An occupant used a fire extinguisher from the common hallway to put out the fire just prior to the arrival of fire crews at 7:39 p.m., and no one was injured, Fire Department spokesperson Cynthia Schuster said in a statement.
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