An early morning fire damaged a set of portables on Thursday (June 15) at North Island College.
At around 3 a.m., college staff were alerted that the Village portables at the back of Courtenay’s campus were on fire. Courtenay Fire Department controlled the blaze by 6 a.m., according to vice president of college services Colin Fowler.
Fowler told the Record one classroom, and three portables of office space were affected in the fire.
The building is now closed until officials deem the area safe to enter. The associated parking lots, behind Komoux Hall and Shadbolt Studios, are also closed.
Firefighters initially thought the fire was not caused by electrical issues, Fowler said, but the cause is still under investigation.
The Record has reached out to Courtenay Fire Department for more details.
More to come…
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