From the Bruin: A fire broke out in Young Hall Oct. 10, causing a partial shutdown of the building’s third floor. The fire began on the second-floor foyer of Young Hall, according to an emailed statement from a spokesperson for UCLA. The fire – caused by an electrical fault – distributed potentially carcinogenic nanoparticles, causing the closure of the west third-floor corridor in the building, according to a sign in the building.
Janette Kropat, the facilities and operations manager of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, said a custodian was vacuuming the rubber mat near the entrance to the right of Young Hall CS24 when it sparked and caught fire. Kropat added that the custodian could not put the fire out with a fire extinguisher because the vacuum contained lithium-ion batteries and instead let the mat burn until the fire dwindled...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2024/10/19/fire-breaks-out-on-second-floor-foyer-of-young-hall-area-temporarily-closes.
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