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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople had asthma attacks and five people were injured bodily. One elderly woman who is a cleaner had her toe dislocated,\u201d said our source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The injured students have been transferred to the school clinic, receiving medical attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apart from one big electric cable, no tangible property was destroyed as nothing was close to the place where the fire started from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"