A fire broke out at the Central University of Kashmir's (CUK) Nowgam Campus here today, damaging electronic equipment and other items in the department of convergent journalism (DCJ).
"The fire presumably emanated from the media studio and spread to the adjoining rooms of the department. There was a major damage to the costly equipment and the infrastructure of the media studio, which was state-of-the-art," a university spokesperson said.
Despite fire safety measures, the studio suffered extensive damages, he said adding the exact cause of fire was not known yet.
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The fire was effectively put out of the fire and emergency department personnel who were assisted by State Disaster Response Force.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Mehraj ud Din Mir later chaired a meeting and said that all the examinations of the university scheduled to be conducted from 15 December would be held on time.
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