LSE Holborn Fire: Students Forced To Seek Temporary Accommodation As Campus Stays Closed | HuffPost

LSE Students Forced To Seek Temporary Accommodation As Campus Stays Closed Following Fire

Lucy Sherriff— The Huffington Post UK

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Students at the London School of Economics have been forced to seek temporary accommodation thanks to a blazing fire which swept through the Holborn campus on Wednesday.

Firefights fought to control the blaze, which shut Holborn tube station as well as the LSE, and saw 2,000 people evacuated.. The fire, thought to have been started by a faulty electrical junction, led to power surges and internet outages in the surrounding areas.

Flames erupted from the road via manholes, while the air turned black with smoke as onlookers reported chaos and struggling to breathe.

LSE told HuffPost UK via Twitter students from Grosvenor House accommodation were unable to return to their homes and were put up elsewhere.

@HPYoungVoices @lsesu @sherrifflucy Any Grosvenor House students without accommodation were directed to alternative LSE halls of residence
— LSE (@LSEnews) April 2, 2015

A statement on the university's site read: "Following a major incident on Wednesday 1 April 2015 involving an underground electrical fire by the LSE campus on Kingsway, all LSE’s central campus buildings including the Library will remain closed until further notice."

The London Fire Brigade said there have been no reports of injuries.

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A fireman walks down Kingsway as smoke rises from an underground cable fire,Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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A fireman walks down Kingsway as smoke rises from an underground cable fire,Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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General view of smoke rising from an underground cable fire on an evacuated Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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General view of smoke rising from an underground cable fire on an evacuated Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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A fireman clears the area, as smoke rises from an underground cable fire on Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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Smoke caused by an underground cable fire on Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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Cars drive through smoke caused by a cable fire on Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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General view of smoke rising from an underground cable fire on an evacuated Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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General view of smoke rising from an underground cable fire on an evacuated Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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General view of smoke rising from an underground cable fire on an evacuated Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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A fireman clears the area, as smoke rises from an underground cable fire on Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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Smoke rising, caused by an underground cable fire on Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

Workers Evacuated As Underground Fire Rages In Central London(13 of26)

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: A general view as fire crews tend to an underground electrical cable fire at Lincoln's Inn Fields in on April 1, 2015 in London, England. Around 2000 people have been evacuated from nearby buildings as Police declared it a major incident, and closed the road. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: A general view as fire crews tend to an underground electrical cable fire at Lincoln's Inn Fields in on April 1, 2015 in London, England. Around 2000 people have been evacuated from nearby buildings as Police declared it a major incident, and closed the road. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)

Workers Evacuated As Underground Fire Rages In Central London(15 of26)

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: A general view as fire crews tend to an underground electrical cable fire at Lincoln's Inn Fields in on April 1, 2015 in London, England. Around 2000 people have been evacuated from nearby buildings as Police declared it a major incident, and closed the road. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)

Workers Evacuated As Underground Fire Rages In Central London(16 of26)

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: A general view as fire crews tend to an underground electrical cable fire at Lincoln's Inn Fields in on April 1, 2015 in London, England. Around 2000 people have been evacuated from nearby buildings as Police declared it a major incident, and closed the road. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)

Workers Evacuated As Underground Fire Rages In Central London(17 of26)

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: Fire crews tend to an underground fire at Lincoln's Inn Fields in on April 1, 2015 in London, England. Around 2000 people have been evacuated from nearby buildings as Police declared it a major incident, and closed the road. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: Smoke is seen escaping from a manhole cover as fire crews tend to an underground fire at Lincoln's Inn Fields in on April 1, 2015 in London, England. Around 2000 people have been evacuated from nearby buildings as Police declared it a major incident, and closed the road. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)

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Fireman watch on as smoke rises from an underground cable fire on Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: Members of the public look on behind a police cordon as fire crews tend to an underground fire at Lincoln's Inn Fields in on April 1, 2015 in London, England. Around 2000 people have been evacuated from nearby buildings as Police declared it a major incident, and closed the road. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)

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General view of smoke rising from an underground cable fire on Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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General view of smoke rising from an underground cable fire on an evacuated Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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General view of smoke rising from an underground cable fire on Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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General view of smoke rising from an underground cable fire on Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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A general view of firefighters on the scene as police have declared a major incident over a blaze which began under the pavement of Kingsway in Holborn, the fire brigade said. (credit:James Edgar/PA Wire)

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Workers evacuated from buildings watch smoke rising from an underground cable fire on Kingsway, nr Holborn - London (credit:David Jensen/EMPICS Entertainment)

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