Student Admits To Setting Dormitory On Fire
An 18-year-old student of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education is now in the custody of the police, after he allegedly admitted to starting a fire that destroyed a dormitory at the Portland institution causing approximately $300,000 in damage.
(Administrative Block at the College of Agriculture, Science & Education (CASE) at Passley Gardens, Portland)
The student, who is studying general agriculture at the school, is to be interrogated by police in the presence of his lawyers.
It’s reported that the police recovered a container with gasoline during their investigations.
Following the fire, classes at the institution are continuing normally. One student is still in hospital following the blaze while three others have been treated and sent home. The fire damaged two rooms on the male dormitory at the college’s West campus facility shortly after 2 o’clock.
Four persons were trapped inside two rooms but a security personnel and students assisted in rescuing them by breaking windows. The security guard said they then used a garden hose to put out the flames.
Coordinator of Public Relations and Public Education at CASE, Sonja Simms, says the damage was not extensive, and arrangements have been made for the students that were affected to be relocated to another section of the college.
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