According to the report from the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Sebastian Maimako, said the fire started about 6:30p.m which affected the unmarked examination scripts and other materials including the departments of Psychology, Political Science, Economics, Accounting, Business Management and office of Dean of Management sciences were born.
However the Director of Fire Service in Plateau state, Mr Samuel Musa, said that it took them six hours to put out the flames.