Firefighters rushed to a burning apartment near The Ohio State University Campus early Sunday morning. Read more.

Firefighters rushed to a burning apartment near The Ohio State University campus early Sunday morning.

It ripped through the building in the 1700 block of Summit Street and displaced at least a dozen students around 3:00 a.m.

Fire investigators said the blaze started in a couch on the front porch.

"It completely got engulfed in less than 15 minutes," said neighbor Musa Sesaythot. "It was so intense. I've never seen a fire that big engulf an entire building."

"I see this like orange light and I peek through my blinds and I just saw flames in the window opposite from my window so I just rushed to get dressed," said neighbor Meredith Baird.

With the fire racing through the building, neighbors quickly went door-to-door, alerting the students inside.

Everyone got out alive Sunday morning.

That wasn't the case back in 2003 when a couch caught fire on a porch on 17th Avenue. It engulfed a home and killed five OSU students.

Investigators determined that blaze was the work of an arsonist and the killer has never been caught.

It is unclear how the couch on Summit Street ignited and Columbus Battalion Chief Tracy Smith says the investigation is continuing.