My First Building Fire

I had a rather interesting experience around 10pm last night, My First Building Fire!
Just sitting here, minding my own business when the fire alarm went off. Thinking it was a drill or that somebody had pulled the alarm, I grabbed only my keys and slippers then followed the masses down the stairs. Walked over to the building next door to see if I could hide out there until the "drill" was over, but then that building evacuated as well!
Wandering back outside in my slippers i looked up to see a trickle of... smoke? steam? Still thinking that surely this wasn't a real fire I decided to walk out into the parking lot with everyone else. Rounding the corner of the building I saw thick black smoke billowing out of a window on the 11th floor and moments later the windows shattered and flames shot out into the night. A real fire... and I was stranded in 30+ degree weather in nothing but pajamas, slippers, and a hoodie.
I wandered around for nearly an hour before finally running into my friend Abby. Stayed with some of her sorority sisters for the night before shuffling back to our building. Fortunately my dorm room is 6 floors below where the fire was, so I was allowed to return to my room the next morning. Some of my friends aren't so lucky, as they won't be able to return to their rooms for a week at least, and will need to move all their belongings anyhow since the top few floors have been determined to be unsuitable for living.