A fire incident at the Lagos campus of Nigerian Law School, located on Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, triggered a stampede on Thursday morning.
Witnesses said the fire, suspected to have been caused by an electrical fault, started at 10 pm from the first floor of the five-story hostel housing the about 1,500 law graduates.
The fire was, however, contained when hostel security officials put off the main electrical server switch before the arrival of the fire brigade.
Some students were injured and were taken to the school’s clinic for medical attention.
It was gathered that apart from one big electric cable, no tangible property was destroyed as nothing was close to the place where the fire started from.
