No fewer than six hours wild fire
suspected to have been cause by careless electrical fault has wreaked havoc to
the permanent site library of the University of Jos threatening the closing of
other faculties.
The suspected fire outbreak which
happened on Saturday evening at about 8: pm burnt down the Library located at
the permanent site of the University of Jos, it also partly touched the faculty
of Arts as well as departments such as business studies and accounting.
The inferno which destroyed
valuables worth millions of naira took fire service personnel several hours to
bring it under control.
The library edifice that was
engulfed in wild fire which lasted several hours thereby damaging internet
facilities and books when some students are writing the semester examination.
“You would recall two years ago a
library location at Bauchi road was burned down but recorded no death but items
worth million were destroyed “.
However, efforts to contact the
university Librarian proved abortive as the professor declined comment as he
said he is still going round to access the level of damage.
According to some students who were
struggling to control the fire from spreading to other faculties lamented the
absence of men of the fire service in time.
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