ONEONTA (AP) -- Most of the students displaced by a fire in their dormitory on the State University of Oneonta campus are being allowed to return to their rooms.

College officials say Matteson Hall will officially reopen at 10 a.m. Friday.

A fire in a bedroom on the third floor of the four-story dorm displaced 174 students and a resident director on Jan. 16. Everyone got out safely.

Fire officials say the blaze was started by an improperly used power strip.

The dorm's third floor will remain closed for repairs for the rest of the current term. The floor's 56 residents have been relocated to other dormitories.

The rest of the displaced students have been staying in other dorms or at a hotel in Oneonta.

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