Fire guts works department building of Delta College of Education

Fire has gutted a section of the Works Department building, Campus 1 of the Delta State College of Education, Mosogar.

The fire which occurred on Christmas Day was said to have been triggered by illegal bush burning by yet to be identified individuals in the neighborhood.

It was gathered that the fire razed large portions of the college grass land and caused serious damage to a section of the Works Department building while two vehicles parked outside were completely burnt.

It took the combined efforts of security officers and staff of the college together with good spirited locals and men of the fire service to put out the raging inferno.

Only last week, a similar incident occurred in the college where a section of the School of Vocational Education building was consumed by fire.

Worried by the ugly incident, the management of the college had issued a circular banning bush burning and farming by unauthorised individuals in and around the college premises to forestall the devastating act.

A statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Mr. Simon Fole, expressed gratitude to the state government for its sustained interest in higher education, while pleading for more of the government’s assistance in the renovation of the burnt structures and replacement of the razed utility cars.

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