Fire

Students were evacuated from Hallward Library this morning after smoke from a plant room in a building opposite infiltrated the library’s fire system and set off the alarm. A spokesperson for the library told Impact: “Everyone in Hallward was evacuated for ten minutes before the security came and told us it was safe...

The Portland building on University Park Campus had to be evacuated this morning following a fire alarm. Many were left stranded on the East Drive in the rain as security and the fire department dealt with the situation. Emergency services were called to the scene but as of yet...

UPDATE 25/03/2015, 14:00pm: A man has died following the Derby Grove house fire that started on Sunday and another man has been charged with his murder. Sekou Soumare, 56, has been charged with the murder of Christopher Bonnick, 55, who died of his injuries following a house fire at his...

The Chancellor of the University of Nottingham (UoN), Sir Andrew Witty, has officially thanked Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service for their efforts to protect the community during the September fire at Jubilee campus. Deputy Chief Fire Officer Wayne Bowcock was presented with the Chancellor’s Award at a ceremony last...

An investigation by Nottinghamshire Police into last month’s fire at the University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus has concluded that the blaze was not started deliberately. The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry was destroyed on September 12, despite the efforts of more than 60 firefighters from Nottinghamshire Fire...

The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry will be rebuilt following last night’s fire, in which the original structure was destroyed. The move was confirmed by the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) registrar, Dr Paul Greatrix, in a statement issued earlier today. “We will be working closely with our...

A building at the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) Jubilee Campus caught fire this evening (Friday 12th September), prompting significant responses from Nottinghamshire Fire and Nottinghamshire Police. The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry is believed to have caught fire at around 9.15pm. The cause of the fire is...