More than 1,000 students evacuated after fire at Birmingham Uni’s Guild during Sports Night
Videos circulating social media show a speaker on fire in Underground
More than 1,000 students were evacuated after a fire broke out at the University of Birmingham’s Guild during Sports Night.
The incident happened on Wednesday 5th February at around 2:30am.
This is when the fire alarm went off throughout the Guild of Students and students were ushered out by staff and security. Images from the event show students gathered by the Mermaid Fountain before the event was officially called off around 3am.
According to a student who was present at the Sports Night, when asked about the number of people present at the event, told The Birmingham Tab: I would be very surprised if there wasn’t at least 1,000 people.”
One anonymous student who attended the club night, added: “I didn’t know what was going on. I was in Joe’s bar when the music stopped and everyone started booing. I thought maybe they were closing early but then I heard the fire alarm. It was crazy.”
What was initially thought to be a drill soon led to panic after many people reported smelling smoke in the building.
The Birmingham Tab has accessed exclusive footage which shows a speaker on fire in Underground. This is thought to be the cause of the evacuation although the Guild of Students has not confirmed this as of yet.
In the five second video, someone can be heard shouting, whilst the camera zooms in on the speaker which clearly shows the fire with smoke rising up out of the speaker.
Music can be heard still playing in a background whilst a staff members tells students to evacuate.
A second-year student who attended the Sports Night spoke of her concern: “We all thought it must be a drill so no one was that stressed. But when I was leaving, I smelt smoke coming from Underground and that’s when I realised it must be an actual fire.
“We asked some of the staff if they knew what was going on but they couldn’t say anything.”
This fire is not the first time a major incident has occurred at the Birmingham University’s Guild. In November 2023, a crush broke out in Underground at the highly anticipated Dick & Dom Fab night, injuring multiple students. The Guild of Students offered refunds for the tickets sold but the incident hit national news after a member of the security staff spoke out about their safety concerns.
The Birmingham Tab contacted the Guild of Students but has not yet received a response.
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