Bobby Hager was riding his bike back to his apartment Monday at East Stroudsburg University when he heard a fire alarm.

"I really hope that is not my building," said Hager, who works with his dad, Jeff, at Hager's Furniture in Palmerton.Sure enough, the smoke was billowing from his building at University Ridge Apartments on Brown Street in East Stroudsburg.The bushes in front of the building were in flames.Holding his breath, he ran into the smoke-filled building and grabbed his pet gecko Stumpy."It was very, very smoky inside my room," Hager said Monday night."I walked and collected myself," Hager, 20, said."Everyone was running into the buildings and getting everyone out," he said.Hager, who was returning from the gym, only had his cellphone and car keys with him.The rest, including his coat, was in the burning building. He waited outside for about three hours with 112 other students who were displaced by the fire.Hager's apartment in Building 9, which he shared with three other roommates, received the most damage, according to a statement from ESU."My roommate's room was engulfed in flames. Firemen were just chucking charred belongings out the window," Hager said.There was significant water damage to Building 9 and smoke damage to Building 10.Students in Building 10 are expected to be allowed into their apartments in the next few days.A fire marshal is determining the cause, as well as when students will be allowed in the buildings."Just about everything I owned was in my room. I don't have many clothes," Hager said. He was allowed back in the building this morning to collect critical belongings and he hopes he will be able to recover classwork from his computer.He's a junior in digital media technology, with a minor in business administration. He's not sure about whether he'll be attending classes this week.The university is making housing arrangements for those who are displaced, but Hager thinks he will commute from his mother's home in Bethlehem for the time being."There's something about losing everything that makes you feel lost," he said.