Fire breaks out at off-campus housing for Rutgers University students in New Brunswick, New Jersey

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A fire broke out Friday morning at an apartment building in New Brunswick, New Jersey. 

Officials said the building has off-campus housing for some Rutgers University students. 

A total of 16 students lived there in four apartments.

Firefighters arrived on the scene around 8 a.m. on Huntington Street, battling heavy flames before part of the roof collapsed.

Rutgers told CBS New York the students who live there are safe and will be provided a place to stay at the school.

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