UPDATED Wednesday, April 25

An Oregon State University student was taken to a hospital after apparently setting a fire in his fifth-floor dorm room and jumping out the window Tuesday, authorities said.

Charles M. Daly, 25, was taken into custody after jumping from the top floor at Hawley Hall around 10:30 p.m. It occurred after campus police and Oregon State troopers, including some who specialize in crisis intervention, tried for hours to coax him out of his locked room during an apparent mental health crisis.

The fire was extinguished by sprinklers in the room.

Daly was taken to Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis for medical treatment and a mental health evaluation, Oregon State Police said. He is in stable condition as of Wednesday.

The school announced around 7 p.m. that state troopers and campus public safety members were responding to the hall due to the distressed student and told people to avoid the area if possible.

The entire fifth floor of the residence hall was evacuated. Hawley Hall houses 270 students on the west side of the Corvallis campus.

School officials learned about Daly's situation around mid-afternoon after someone else tried unsuccessfully to reach him, said Steve Clark, a university spokesman. At some point, a sprinkler went off in his dorm room, affecting both that room and others on the floor below, according to Clark. He didn't know what led to the sprinkler going off then.

Clark said Daly suggested generalized threats against other people but didn't appear to have the means to harm anyone.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

ebailey@oregonian.com

503-221-8343; @EvertonBailey