Powell Library to review lighting system following fire

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UCLA workers will review Powell Library's lighting system following a small fire Tuesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)








Powell Library is reviewing its lighting system following a small fire caused by a desk lamp’s light bulb Tuesday night.
Deputy university librarian Susan Parker said UCLA Facilities workers will complete a thorough check of the library’s lamps to assess their safety, but they do not appear to pose an imminent threat.
A librarian put out a flaming lightbulb in the Powell Library Reading Room with a fire extinguisher and called the Los Angeles Fire Department, but the fire was out by the time crews arrived.
Students evacuated and the library closed so workers could do a preliminary electrical examination. The library reopened later that night.








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