Shocking As Fire razes down Plateau Polytechnic female hostel

A fire has reportedly wrecked the female hostel in the Jos campus of
the Plateau State Polytechnic
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the fire, which started
around 8.30 a.m., raged on till 11.44, causing confusion among
students and staff – No life was, however, lost.
A security man,Yusuf Adesaid;
"Many students had left for lectures when the fire started; no one was
around to remove anything from the burning hostel."
The report also states that fire service personnel arrived the scene
around 11.20 a.m. when the hostel had been brought down.
The Rector, Mr Dauda Gyemang, who described the incident as
"shocking", said the fire was started by a gas explosion – of which
use of gas in the hostel is prohibited.
"We thank God that no life was lost in the inferno, but nothing was
rescued," he said.
"We shall move the students to another place because the building is
completely burnt down. It is very devastating," he said.
"The problem here is that students do not adhere to the institution's
regulations; they are not supposed to be cooking in the hostels," he
fumed.
The hostel's Representative,Miss Christiana Azi,said the students lost
everything "including original copies of their credentials, clothes,
food stuff and other valuables".
"The incident is shocking and devastating. It will be very difficult
to recover from it," she said.