MONEAGUE, St Ann — Documents, school supplies and equipment saved during Sunday’s fire which destroyed the mutli-purpose at the Moneague College were yesterday relocated to other areas of the institution by staff members, who yesterday assisted with the clean-up of the premises.

At the same time, administrators of the college have started to put measures in place to ensure that persons who were displaced by the fire encounter little difficulty when the school reopens later this month.

Reinoh Bartlett-Spencer, the vice-principal in charge of academics, told the Observer yesterday that tutors who were displaced will, in the interim, share office space until suitable areas to locate them are identified.

She said the old chapel at the school could be renovated to provide at least two additional classroom space and that spaces on a new multi-purpose building, which was recently constructed, will also be used.

At the same time, a meeting is planned for today with the board of directors of the multidisciplinary institution to discuss the damage caused by the fire and rebuilding plans.

An multi-purpose block which housed several offices, tutors’ residences, classrooms, photocopying room, music room and a tuck shop, among other facilities, was destroyed by the fire.

Investigators from the Jamaica Fire Brigade and a technical team from the education ministry are expected to visit the location today to begin their probe and assessment of the damage.

Meanwhile, Bartlett-Spencer said the orientation of students which was scheduled to start on August 23, as well as the the commencement of lectures on August 30 will go ahead as plan.

“We are sticking to those dates; it is a big loss, but we are going to try and have school start on the dates which were previously announced. When the board meets tomorrow (today) we will look at those plans and see where we go,” added Bartlett-Spencer.

Education Minister Andrew Holness, during a visit to the college Sunday night, said his ministry was committed to ensuring that measures are implemented to ensure the is reopened as scheduled.

“…We don’t want this fire to derail the good work that the college has been doing,” the minister said.

Holness said the government may have to provide financial assistance to the school but said that would be decided following a visit by the technical team and their assessment of the damage.

Two units from the St Ann Fire Department were, up to mid-morning yesterday, still at the college carrying out cooling down operations.

District officer at the Ocho Rios Fire Station, Trevor Thomas told the Observer that fire personnel were trying to put out fires which were beneath the rubble.