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UPDATE: Munro back in session despite fire
Staff room destroyed in early morning blaze
BY GARFIELD MYERS Editor-at-Large South/Central Bureau [email protected]
Thursday, December 09, 2010
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SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth – Munro College in Malvern remains open and end-of-term examinations are proceeding as normal following the fire which destroyed the staff room early this morning.
Principal Branford Gayle said that he was alerted to the fire at the 100-year-old building by security guards about 1:10 am and that the Fire Brigade arrived at 1:20 am, ten minutes after they were called.
Gayle said that all the records in the staff room were destroyed, including end-of-term report cards. However, he said that most of the records could be reconstituted since the college has a back-up system.
Among other items destroyed were two computers and furniture.
There are suspicions that the fire could have been caused by an electrical flaw. Munro and residents of Malvern reported fluctuations in electrical current up to yesterday evening, which caused light to go on and off.
The principal added that amid the drama the college's 450 boarding students all returned safely to bed by 3:30 am.
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Staff room destroyed in early morning blaze
BY GARFIELD MYERS Editor-at-Large South/Central Bureau [email protected]
Thursday, December 09, 2010
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SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth – Munro College in Malvern remains open and end-of-term examinations are proceeding as normal following the fire which destroyed the staff room early this morning.
Principal Branford Gayle said that he was alerted to the fire at the 100-year-old building by security guards about 1:10 am and that the Fire Brigade arrived at 1:20 am, ten minutes after they were called.
Gayle said that all the records in the staff room were destroyed, including end-of-term report cards. However, he said that most of the records could be reconstituted since the college has a back-up system.
Among other items destroyed were two computers and furniture.
There are suspicions that the fire could have been caused by an electrical flaw. Munro and residents of Malvern reported fluctuations in electrical current up to yesterday evening, which caused light to go on and off.
The principal added that amid the drama the college's 450 boarding students all returned safely to bed by 3:30 am.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lates...#ixzz17dWNHfCS