Fresno State to announce repair costs

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Fresno State is scheduled today to announce a damage figure causedby flooding Tuesday night in a wing of McLane Hall in the center ofthe campus. The price tag will cover water damage to classrooms, laboratoriesand offices plus cleanup costs, said Lanny Larson, a spokesman forCalifornia State University, Fresno. Cleanup crews started working Wednesday. A leak in the water system that supplies the building's coolingsystem occurred on the third floor. After a rubber O-ring failed,water flowed down a staircase and was an inch or two deep in someplaces when a custodial crew spotted the flooding Tuesday evening.Damage occurred to rugs, light fixtures, ceiling tiles, insulation,furniture and equipment, university officials said. The wing is shared by the College of Health and Human Services andCollege of Science and Mathematics. The 26,000-square-foot buildingwas built in 1961. No classes are meeting regularly in the wing over the summer,university officials said.