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Fire at UJ lecture hall

University treating it as a crime scene, but there is a possibility that it was an an electrical fire

Fire at UJ lecture hall

29 September 2016

Johannesburg - A lecture hall caught fire at the University of Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon, management said.

A student lecturer alerted management that smoke was coming from the B3 lecture venue. It was locked at the time, UJ spokesperson Kaamini Reddy told reporters.

The cause was not immediately known and it was extinguished.

"It's all wet and there is still a lot of smoke. One of the projectors was damaged during the fire," Reddy said.

Some of the seats were damaged when the fire was extinguished.

"We are treating it as a crime scene. We have been told that it could be an electrical fire," she said.

Journalists were not allowed onto the campus. Students have been protesting against university fee increases.

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Me @Khabonina_KK @mbalie_mudau & others were told to evacuate#UJShutDown#UJAPB#UJ#FeesMustFall pic.twitter.com/AT7lWVI4Ov— MoForGod (@Mo_Lunatic) September 29, 2016

#Fees2017 #UJ Fire trucks ?? stationed outside the building which has been burnt at the #bunting road campus.KG pic.twitter.com/3gH233ZYjm— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) September 29, 2016

#UJ #APB lecture hall set alight #FeesMustFall pic.twitter.com/ugZcTSnNEd— Almost Pretty (@Thee_Princess_S) September 29, 2016

This article first appeared on News24, see here