What is known about the fire that hit a building at UFPE
Third incident of the week still has no clear causes, but caused R$ 100 million in damage. Read on Gazeta do Povo.
TL;DR
- The Federal Police will investigate a fire that occurred at the UFPE campus on Wednesday night.
- This is the third fire at the institution in eight days, with no reported injuries.
- The damaged building housed the Directorate of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Dine) and currently served the Suely Galdino Therapeutic Innovation Research Center (Nupit-SG) and other health and IT labs.
- The site was also used by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) as its Northeast regional headquarters.
- The estimated damage is around R$100 million, affecting data and materials for about 80 dissertations and theses, including research from two decades.
- The causes of the latest fire are unknown, while the previous two fires on September 30 (physics lab) and October 4 (plant cytogenetics and evolution lab) had suspected causes (a muffle furnace accident and an air conditioning failure, respectively).
- Other universities and associations have expressed solidarity and offered support for reconstruction.