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All my souvenirs melted from the intense heat

André Guidi, an Italian aerospace engineering exchange-student, lost all his lecture notes, photos and souvenirs during the fire at Gimmie Shelter, the brightly coloured student house near the library.

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”Everything in my room was damaged by the fires’ incredible heat and it looks like it has been scorched by an iron,” says André Guidi, who lives next-door to the burnt-out room where the fire started two weeks ago. ”The door of my room was open during the fire and therefore my entire room is black.”

Guidi spent last week cleaning his cloths and belongings, trying to get rid of the smoky smell. He had to buy new shoes and toiletries, and his laptop doesn’t work as well as it did before the fire. ”I’m hoping it can be repaired.”

The Italian exchange-student was planning to stay another month in the Netherlands to sightsee, but now he’ll need an extra month to finish his courses, because all his lecture notes were destroyed and most of his books carbonised. ”What I regret most is that all my souvenirs, photos and postcards melted from the intense heat coming from next-door,” he laments.

Guidi has fire insurance in Italy, but his insurance company won’t cover the cost of buying replacements items and cleaning his belongings. ”Naturally, I contacted my insurance company, but they said I should be reimbursed by the student who caused the fire.” Doing that, however, will be difficult, if not impossible, as the arsonist is still mentally imbalanced and remains in hospital under psychiatric observation.

André Guidi, an Italian aerospace engineering exchange-student, lost all his lecture notes, photos and souvenirs during the fire at Gimmie Shelter, the brightly coloured student house near the library.

”Everything in my room was damaged by the fires’ incredible heat and it looks like it has been scorched by an iron,” says André Guidi, who lives next-door to the burnt-out room where the fire started two weeks ago. ”The door of my room was open during the fire and therefore my entire room is black.”

Guidi spent last week cleaning his cloths and belongings, trying to get rid of the smoky smell. He had to buy new shoes and toiletries, and his laptop doesn’t work as well as it did before the fire. ”I’m hoping it can be repaired.”

The Italian exchange-student was planning to stay another month in the Netherlands to sightsee, but now he’ll need an extra month to finish his courses, because all his lecture notes were destroyed and most of his books carbonised. ”What I regret most is that all my souvenirs, photos and postcards melted from the intense heat coming from next-door,” he laments.

Guidi has fire insurance in Italy, but his insurance company won’t cover the cost of buying replacements items and cleaning his belongings. ”Naturally, I contacted my insurance company, but they said I should be reimbursed by the student who caused the fire.” Doing that, however, will be difficult, if not impossible, as the arsonist is still mentally imbalanced and remains in hospital under psychiatric observation.

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