Six University students lost their home and belongings to fire early yesterday morning. No one was hurt.

The Bowling Green Fire Department arrived at 8:35 Second St. at 1:42 a.m. to extinguish the fire. Its cause is under investigation. Though the eight firefighters could not save the house, the three residents who were home were able to save themselves.

The smoke alarm woke resident Morgan Whittaker, who ran through the house to wake her roommates — Nicole Colaiacovo and Katherine Brown.

Brown was the last of the three to wake.

“I woke up to Morgan and Nicole screaming,” she said.

Though they tried to snuff out the fire with blankets, it continued to spread.

“In a matter of two minutes, our whole living room was on fire,” Brown said.

After calling 911, the three were forced outside with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

“We ran out in our pajamas,” Brown said. “We didn’t even have shoes.”

Before firefighters arrived, neighbors Jonathan Weidner and two of his roommates saw the flames, but couldn’t find all six residents.

“I only saw a few of the girls,” Weidner said. “I wondered if they were all all right.”

After finding that the residents were safe, the three men went to help move the residents’ cars away. Just then, the growing fire blew the house’s windows out, sending glass flying.

Once firefighters arrived, the three men brought shoes, pants, coats and blankets.

“We were just trying to keep them warm, trying to keep them calm,” Weidner said.

Brown said she and her roommates appreciated and needed the support.

“We were going crazy about the fact that we practically have nothing left in the whole world,” she said.

There were a few things left, but even what was salvaged was ruined. Once the firefighters were gone and the crowd had dispersed, Brown stood outside the burnt house looking at a few rescued things, pointing to an untunable guitar.

“It looks fine but the strings are melted into the nut,” she said.

Still wearing her neighbor’s boots, Brown gave her thanks to those next door and all the others who offered help, including the Red Cross.

“They gave us money for clothes, food and toiletries,” she said. “And they said they could put us up in a hotel.”

Though they won’t be at a hotel, the six residents — also including Bridget Cavanaugh, Krista Williams and Heather Barret — do have a place to sleep. They are currently staying in the Haven House at 1515 E. Wooster St.