EDO STATE: Fire guts UNIBEN female hostel


 


Fire has razed block A of the female Postgraduate Hostel containing 20 rooms in Ekehuan Campus of the University of Benin(UNIBEN) Benin, Edo State.No life was lost.

Eyewitnesses said the inferno started in one of the rooms from an electric spark and spread to the other rooms quickly because of plywood used as demarcation.

Students in the postgraduate hostel said the electricity spark has always been a cause for concern, adding that they have called the attention of the hostel porters to several electrical faults.

A student, Okoh Cynthia, said three fire servicemen came to put out the fire as it was already escalating to the ground floor of the building.

Another student and an occupant in Block A, Stella Osagie said she was depressed as she lost her Iphone XR worth over N200,000 and her laptop worth N250,000.

Martha Henry, also an occupant at the PG Block A, said her money, school credentials and project works were burnt to ashes.

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