WATCH: Fire breaks out at DUT campus

WATCH: Fire breaks out at DUT campus

A fire has broken out at the Durban University of Technology's, ML Sultan Campus. 

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According to the university, it broke out in the server room on the ground floor of the BM Patel Library.


The server room, an IT office and the passage to the server room are have been reported damaged. 


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The university says, one student, who was reportedly asthmatic, is currently being treated in hospital after inhaling the smoke.


The Fire Department's says they've managed to contain the blaze. 


Two people were treated for smoke inhalation, one was a student and the other a security guard. 


The cause of the fire is currently unknown.

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