Fire outbreak in Samara University

(Ethiopia Zare) Samara University, the only university in Afar region endured a sudden fire outbreak on Thursday evening, as confirmed by Ethiopia Zare’s sources from the location.

According to the source, no life was lost, however the university's main storage building is entirely damaged including the properties.

The cause of the fire is not been identified yet, because the local police department was unable to establish the cause of the incident. The department is waiting of the arrival of the federal fire brigade to start the investigation.

The fire started on Thursday 19:30 hours and it took four hours to the fire brigade to bring the situation under control. It was placed under control at 23:30.

However, some mentions that the corruption in the universities that has been recorded at the highest level in the current reports might be a reason for the fire breakout.