Charges against two youths accused of causing a dormitory fire that killed a fellow student at Wesley College here have been dropped.

In the early morning hours of December 13, 1977, a dormitory fire killed ten female residents of Aquinas Hall.

The panel was appointed after three students died in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University in New Jersey.

A dormitory fire claimed the lives of three remand prisoners on the evening of Saturday 6 February 1982.

The 11-month-old grand jury investigation of the fatal dormitory fire at Seton Hall University in January 2000 will continue for three more months, until mid-December.

The snow forced Seton Hall University to postpone a memorial service for three students who died in a dormitory fire last week.

On Jan. 19, three students were killed and dozens injured in a dormitory fire that led to revelations of dozens of fire code violations.

"After the Fire," photographs chronicling the recovery of students injured in the dormitory fires at Seton Hall University in 2000.

Officials said 75 students have died nationwide in dormitory fires since 2000.

The grand jury investigating the dormitory fire that killed three freshmen at Seton Hall University will sit three more months, through March 13.