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>Date:         Mon, 7 Feb 2000 10:29:16 -0500
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>Subject:      NO INJURIES IN JOHNSTONE FIRE
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>The following message was issued to all faculty, staff and students
>Saturday morning, but due to technical difficulties, the distribution was
>not complete. If you have already received this message, please disregard
>the duplication.
>
>
>NO INJURIES IN JOHNSTONE FIRE
>
>        A Saturday morning fire in Johnstone Hall, E section, damaged one
>room and displaced four students. There were no injuries, and the cause of
>the fire is under investigation by university police and state law
>enforcement division (SLED) officers. State law requires that SLED assist
>with any fire investigation involving state property.
>        The Clemson University Fire Department was summoned to Johnstone E
>at 6:40 a.m. and found students already evacuating the building in response
>to fire alarms. The fire was contained to one fourth-floor room, which was
>unoccupied at the time. Students housed in the damaged room, as well as in
>one adjacent room which is temporarily without power, will be relocated to
>other university housing. Other students should be able to return to their
>rooms by Saturday afternoon.
>        "Our first reaction is relief and gratitude that there were no
>injuries and that the students did exactly what they were supposed to do,"
>said housing director Verna Howell. "The response of the students helped
>the firefighters do their job and contain the fire quickly."
>        According to CUFD Lt. William Shivar, some students had to be
>escorted out of the building because smoke limited visibility. "But they
>were prepared and exited quickly, remembering to close the doors behind
>them," he said.
>        Housing officials are urging all students, regardless of where they
>live, to contact their parents and let them know they are safe.
>        "We know the fire will be on the news today, and parents will worry
>if they don't have all the facts," Howell said. "One quick phone call or
>e-mail home will help ease their minds."
>
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>Clemson University Department of News Services
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