Starting from a Fake University
Chapter 983 - 537: The Frightening Rumor That Snowballed (Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 983: Chapter 537: The Frightening Rumor That Snowballed (Please Subscribe)_2

But when the firefighters arrived, the fire was quickly brought under control and "extinguished."

"That’s good, the fire wasn’t too severe. The wooden materials such as wardrobes and desks in that dormitory, as well as other clothing and books, were all burned. As for valuables, it is said that they were moved in time before the fire grew too large,"

said the captain of the firefighters.

"You really went through a lot."

Director Qi Chunsheng quickly grasped the hand of the firefighter captain, speaking with great emotion.

"No problem, no problem, it’s our duty after all."

the firefighter captain replied, before adding a reminder, "Director Qi, places like our university’s dormitories and laboratories really must have good fire prevention measures. According to what the students from dormitory 325 said, they were watching a match and didn’t notice the fire. By the time they went for the fire extinguisher, it was already too late."

"Yes, yes, we at Mist City Arts and Science University will certainly take strict measures on this."

Director Qi Chunsheng nodded and said.

"So Captain Zhang, what caused this fire outbreak? Was it high-wattage electrical equipment?"

Director Qi Chunsheng immediately remembered the task assigned by Principal Ding to find out the cause of the fire, so he asked Captain Zhang.

"That was not the case."

Captain Zhang shook his head and said, "We actually didn’t find any high-wattage electrical appliances at the scene. Based on the analysis of the fire, the source originated from inside a trash can. In such cases, there’s a high probability it was caused by smoking. Director Qi, please call the students back, so we can ask in detail about the specific circumstances."

"Okay!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Chunsheng immediately nodded and then had the counselor call over the students from dormitory 325.

At the time, there were also two university students from another school, who were summoned as well.

"Director Qi, these four are the students from dormitory 325. These other two are their friends, students from Mist City University of Technology,"

said the counselor as he brought the people over and introduced them.

"You guys, do you realize how much trouble you’ve caused?"

Qi Chunsheng looked at the four students in front of him with a feeling of frustrated concern.

Since its establishment, Mist City Arts and Science University had never experienced a fire before. The school actually had strict regulations and good management practices. High-wattage electrical appliances were basically not permitted, and inspections were conducted regularly.

Yet, a fire still occurred today.

However, Captain Zhang from the fire department had also said that this fire did not seem to be related to high-wattage electrical appliances.

"Director Qi, we didn’t use any high-wattage electrical appliances. We also don’t know how the fire started,"

said one of the students from dormitory 325, visibly upset.

The occurrence of the fire was not something they wanted to witness. They were enjoying the match and didn’t know what happened when the fire broke out.

The news of the fire at Mist City Arts and Science University quickly spread throughout the entire campus.

After all, there were so many students on the scene as spectators, and now, in the information age, the incident was being talked about in various chat groups and on forums.

"Guys, have you heard? There was a fire at the Peach Garden male dormitory building."

"The fire trucks drove over there."

"I’ve heard those big fire trucks’ noise for a while now."

"What happened?"

"I don’t know, maybe they were using high-wattage electrical appliances?"

"Isn’t our school against the use of high-wattage electrical appliances?"

"I heard it’s allowed in the apartment buildings."

"They say it wasn’t a high-wattage appliance that caused the fire."

"Then what caused the fire?"

"Dude, after this incident, will our Mist City Arts and Science University end up on the news and trending again?"

"Let’s go, let’s go. Is anyone going over to check it out?"

"There are already so many people there, I want to go see as well."

"What’s there to see about a fire? We must all be careful in the future, properly use electrical appliances, and pay attention to campus safety!"

"Sigh, I really don’t know what those guys in the dormitory were thinking."

"Luckily, nothing serious happened, the fire is out now, and no students are said to be injured."

Students at Mist City Arts and Science University were still very concerned about the fire incident.

Some students worried about the situation at the scene of the fire.

Some summarized the lessons learned.

Some were curious and wanted to go to the scene to have a look.

However, the fire incident at Mist City Arts and Science University quickly spread to other nearby colleges and online.

Upon learning of the fire incident at Mist City Arts and Science University that day, students from nearby universities began discussing it fervently.

"Did you hear, there was a fire at Mist City Arts and Science University, an entire building was burned down."

"I heard too, it seems like a lot of people were burned to death."

"Holy shit! For real?"

"The fire was huge, with billowing smoke!"

"It’s not that exaggerated, there’s no way an entire building was burned down, there’s a video, didn’t you guys watch the video?"

"Here comes the video [Fire Incident Video.mp4]."

"Holy shit this looks really serious."

"Ambulances have arrived too, I heard that several people were burned to death."

In the beginning, students from nearby universities were full of doubts and speculations that someone at Mist City Arts and Science University got ’iced’ in the fire.

Soon enough,

the story got increasingly outrageous as it was passed on.

"The dormitory building at Mist City Arts and Science University caught fire, there’s been a serious incident, did you know?"

"A lot of people were burned to death!"

"Holy shit, Mist City Arts and Science University is in for it now."

"With such a serious accident, Principal Ding from Mist City Arts and Science University is in deep trouble now."

Gradually,

more and more students from surrounding universities began to spread rumors with their Twitter posts.

Some shared pictures and videos of the fire incident at Mist City Arts and Science University, while others even used videos or images from fires that occurred years ago, posting them on Twitter and Twitter.

Because Mist City Arts and Science University was well-known,

it quickly caught the attention of many netizens. When the netizens learned of the fire at Mist City Arts and Science University, the story had already become — severe fire, a building burned down, a great many people died, and many couldn’t escape in time. It was a true reflection of the current state of the internet.

Some students from Mist City Arts and Science University saw the rumors about the fire at their school starting to circulate online and were really itching with frustration.

The people spreading these rumors without verification are too hateful, aren’t they?

Don’t they ever bother to verify before recklessly posting stuff online?

The fire only burned one dormitory room, and all students were safely evacuated right away without any injuries, yet after it was spread online, it turned into this version?

However,

netizens, at this point, didn’t care about the explanations from the students of Mist City Arts and Science University. After seeing all the various versions of exaggerated rumors, they believed that the fire at Mist City Arts and Science University was extremely serious, that a dormitory building had burned down, and that many people didn’t manage to get out, their fates unknown.

As a result,

many netizens began to pray, hoping that no one was harmed.

There were also many who started to blame Mist City Arts and Science University, criticising why the residence management didn’t evacuate the students in time, to put it mildly, the criticism was brutal.

Most importantly,

the topic #MistCityArtsandScienceUniversityFire# quickly became trending, fueled by the rumors and gaining rising heat.

At this moment, at the Mist City Department of Education,

Director Xiao Wenxing had just finished a meeting, and then a staff member from the Department of Education rushed over: "Director Xiao, Director Xiao, there’s been an incident at Mist City Arts and Science University."

Upon hearing that it was about Mist City Arts and Science University, and that there had been an incident, Director Xiao Wenxing immediately turned around, frowning deeply and asking, "What happened? What’s the incident at Mist City Arts and Science University?"

"It’s said that there was a fire at Mist City Arts and Science University, and it seems quite severe, online they say that students..."

"What!"

Director Xiao Wenxing was startled upon hearing this, and then immediately took out his phone to call Ding Yue, the principal of Mist City Arts and Science University.