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KUWAIT, June 1 (KUNA) -- A fire that caught a Kuwait University (KU)
facility early on Saturday has been quenched, a university official said.
Firemen responded immediately to a call from Kuwait University warning that
there was a fire at an under-construction KU building, and managed to put the
conflagration under control within a record time, Dr. Rana Al-Fares, the chief
of the construction program of the Sabah Al-Salem University City, said in
news remarks.
The fire initially caught the 8-000-sqm College of Education for Girls and
then moved to the 9,000-sqm nearby College of Arts for Girls due to winds, she
said.
The fire caused neither causalities nor material damage to nearby
university facilities, she reassured.
Investigations are to be carried out to look into the causes of the
conflagration, the official said, vowing that relevant findings would be
announced in full transparency.
Meanwhile, Director General of the General Fire Administration Maj. Gen.
Yusuf Al-Ansari said investigation was underway in order to find the secret
layers of the fire.
A report on the causes of the fire will be announced within a couple of
weeks, he told KUNA, adding that the fire covered 7,000 meters and caught
three under-construction facilities.
Six squads reached the site only six minutes after they received a call
from the Kuwait University and managed to put the conflagration out at a
record time.
Only three firemen were slightly wounded while trying to put the fire under
control, he said, noting that they were treated on the sport.
The fire caused a little damage to the buildings, Al-Ansari pointed out.
Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of State for Municipal
Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah was following up on
efforts to control the fire, he said. (end)
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