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Major fire at University of Nottingham

Around sixty firefighters tackled a major blaze which broke out at the University of Nottingham at the weekend.

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University praise fire service response

In a statement the University of Nottingham have released a statement about the fire that they say "completely destroyed" their new GlazoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry which was under construction.

The University's Registrar praised staff and the fire service.

We are incredibly grateful to our staff and students for their fantastic response in dealing with this major incident and would like to express our gratitude to Notts Fire Service. It was the quick action of their fire crews which prevented this incident from being much more serious. We have also been extremely touched by the messages and best wishes from our close neighbours out in the community.

– Dr Paul Greatrix, University of Nottingham
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