[DOWNTOWN] NYU engineering school evacuated after rooftop machinery malfunctions

Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By The Brooklyn Paper NYU Rooftop Action News BureauBrooklyn PaperA rooftop heating unit at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering began bellowing out clouds of black smoke on Friday afternoon, forcing the college to evacuate students and faculty from the Downtown campus.There were no injuries as a result of what firefighters described as “more of a malfunction” than a raging inferno, but the