Notice

brady

http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/highfieldfire.html

A major fire today at the University’s Highfield Campus has partially destroyed the Mountbatten Building, in particular the area containing the microfabrication facility. Very fortunately, as far as can be ascertained, no one was injured or is missing as a result of the fire.

Apart from some minor smoke damage to adjacent buildings no other University buildings have been affected and staff and students are asked to return to work as normal on Monday morning.

Undergraduate teaching at the University is expected to take place as usual on Monday and students should arrive for lectures at the normal time.

Staff and postgraduate students who would normally work in the Mountbatten Building and those who work in the Zepler building are asked to attend a meeting at the Turner Sims Concert Hall at 10.30am, for a briefing on the latest situation and to hear about the University’s contingency plans.

The Mountbatten Building houses research laboratories and offices for the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) and the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS). The University, ECS and the ORC will do all that is possible to support staff and students affected by this serious fire.

The emergency services were alerted to the fire when the alarms were activated at 6.30am Sunday, and the fire was under control by mid-afternoon. Based on available information there was nothing in the smoke plume that would pose a significant risk to health beyond that of the normal c##被过滤##tituents of any other building fire. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

Local people were advised to avoid making unnecessary journeys in the vicinity and to avoid contact with the smoke plume. Those who are vulnerable or had an existing medical condition were asked to take particular care.

The University’s Secretary and Registrar John Lauwerys commented: ‘This is a huge loss to the University and the fire has destroyed one of our key research facilities of international importance, supporting groups in both Electronics and Computer Science and the Optoelectronics Research Centre.

‘It is a huge relief that no one has been injured as a result of the fire and our concern now is to ensure that staff and students that normally work in the Mountbatten Building are given every help to re-establish their academic work.

‘The University is very appreciative of the professionalism and skill of all the emergency services, who responded so quickly and effectively, preventing the fire spreading to adjacent buildings.

‘It is not yet safe to enter the Mountbatten Building, so we do not yet know the extent of the loss in terms of people’s research material. It is likely to be a few days before this can be fully established,’ he added.

This page will be regularly updated throughout the week.

灰白狼王

顶下。。。

据说损失到了 1。5 MILLION 哦！！！

失火的原因发现了么？

brady

是50 Million啊！

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