36NG: Female Hostel At Cross River State College Of Education Engulfed By Fire

Friday, 27 May 2016

Female Hostel At Cross River State College Of Education Engulfed By Fire

A female hostel at Cross River State College of Education was engulfed by fire.

The fire at COE Akamkpa female hostel today, May 27 leaving one student critically injured.

According to CrossRiverWatch, the fire started at about 11am this morning in the change-over switch at the hostel’s entrance this led to extensive damage to the building and property of the residents with no immediate help or means of putting off the inferno.

“The fire extinguishers at the hostel were empty at the time of the fire incident. It was after this event that the College Management bought new ones just today” CRW reports.

The Deputy Provost, Dean of Students Affairs, Hostel Supervisors and some other lecturers rushed to the scene of the incident after the fire started.
Fortunately, most of the students had gone for lectures or there would have been serious fatalities.

The Hostel Porter while speaking to CrossRiverWatch said,

“The incidents is as a result of electricity upsurge. Yesterday the engineer tried to pump the uncharged water tap, but could not pump water, so he left without informing the management that there is electricity fault, so the next morning when the generator was powered, it resulted to this incident that has now inconvenienced all the dwellers in the female hostel B’”

See more photos from the incidence below;