A hash brown that received more of a toasting than intended put Ryerson University students out in the cold for 10 minutes this morning.

Around 11:24 a.m., the fire alarm in Kerr Hall went off, forcing students from all wings of the building outdoors.

Bruce Piercey, the school’s group director of communications, said the charred breakfast item sparked the alarm after a trip through the toaster at the Tim Hortons location in the south east part of the building.

While no fire actually broke out, the smoke caused the alarm to go off, and despite the ridiculousness of the situation, Piercey stressed that fire alarms should always be taken seriously.

There were no injuries or other damages reported, save for, in Piercey’s words, “a dead hash brown.”