Scores is recorded injured as fire broke out last night, due to stampede at the Lagos campus of Law School located on Ozumba Mbadiwe street, Victoria Island.
An eye witness who narrated the story had confirmed the fire, suspected to have been caused by an electrical fault, started at 10 pm from the first floor of the 5-story building hostel housing number of 1500 law graduates on the Lagos campus.
“The fire came with a big bang. There was stampede in the hostel. A student jumped from the first floor where the fire started near the reading room. Other students ran out from their rooms stark naked.
“People had asthma attacks and five people were injured bodily. One elderly woman who is a cleaner had her toe dislocated,” said our source.
The fire was however contained when hostel security officials put off the main electrical server switch before the arrival of Fire Service some minutes later.
The injured students have been transferred to the school clinic, receiving medical attention.
Apart from one big electric cable, no tangible property was destroyed as nothing was close to the place where the fire started from
