A building at Nottingham University, which was set to be a world-leading research centre, will be rebuilt after it was destroyed by fire.
The £20 million chemistry lab was due to open next year but was completely destroyed by the blaze while still under construction.
It has not yet been established how the blaze started. No one was injured in the fire.
Firefighters battling a 'major' blaze at the University of Nottingham have managed to contain the fire but they are still working to put it out completely, according to an incident commander at the scene.
In a video posted on the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service's Facebook page, Group Manager Joanne Wooler-Ward said: "We're on a firefighting operation, so to extinguish the fire and manage any other risks."
She added that they are not in a position to say what started the fire but police and specialist fire investigation officers would be examining the site as soon as possible.
She said: "There is a lot of damage to the building.... It was a fully developed fire and just credit to those that really did pull out all the stops to prevent this fire spreading to other areas."
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