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Fire Destroys Columbia International University Library

Posted on May 18th, 2010 by Dan Wilson | Filed under Fire

A fire recently destroyed the library at the Columbia International University in Columbia, South Carolina. According to reports, over 15,000 books were destroyed, some dating back to the 1700s. Officials believe the cause of the fire was electrical. Click here for a report of the fire from WLTX.com.

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Chuck Stevens Says:
September 22nd, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Fire safety should be number one for any location housing library materials. You can’t replace historical items. I’m a big fire safety course advocate. A good web ressource is Fire Courses. Check out the full online preview of their fire safety video.

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