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Any students or staff with classes at PISE, Centre for Business/Access, and the Trades Centre should check with for updated information as those buildings will be closed, locked and inaccessible with all classes being cancelled for Monday, Nov. 26. The Helmut Huber annex also suffered minimal damage and will be operational.

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School officials say the closures are mostly due to water and smoke damage from the sprinkler system, which properly initiated when the fires were first detected between 2-3 a.m. Sunday morning.

Update: These Interurban campus buildings will be closed & classes cancelled tomorrow (Monday Nov. 26) in: PISE, CBA (Centre for Business/Access) & Trades Centre (CTEI). All other buildings open & classes on. Students & staff check for updates.

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No students or staff will be allowed into those buildings until remediation is completed, which could be as short as 24 hours, according to Joan Yates, Vice President of Student Experience.

The campus will remain open and other classes will still go ahead as scheduled.

Saanich Police arrested a 30-year-old Victoria man at the scene of the second fire with help from a canine unit. He was found in the collegeB次元官网网址檚 Centre for Business/Access.

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