Posted on: 12:45 Sat, 28 May 2016



A student has been hospitalized
following a fire outbreak at the
Cross River State College of
Education, COE Akamkpa female
hostel yesterday, May 27.

According to CrossRiverWatch, the
fire started at about 11am in the
change-over switch at the hostel
entrance and caused 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 lecturers rushed to the
scene of the incident after the fire
outbreak. Fortunately, most of the
students had gone for lectures or
there would have been serious
fatalities.

One of the female students who was
sleeping in the hostel while the fire
was raging fainted as a result of
smoke and was rushed her to the
hospital.

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’”