The school that went up in smoke... as smiling students posed for their graduation photos


These university students had an unusual backdrop for their graduation day photo - their school engulfed in flames after a huge blaze broke out at their college as they collected their degrees.



As the students posed up for their graduation day photos dressed in their robes and hats their university building is pictured going up in smoke behind them.

Up in smoke: Dalian University of Technology students in China pose up for a graduation picture as a fire breaks out behind them in their college building

School's out forever: The students throw their caps up in the air with smoke from the fire making an unusual backdrop for a graduation day photo

Where there's smoke: Students had to be evacuated after a fire broke out in a storage warehouse next to their dormitory

The students from Dalian University of Technology City College, Liaoning province, northern China, had to flee when the fire broke out in a storage warehouse beside their dormitory.

But before they left the grounds they made sure they got one final graduation snap, throwing their caps into the air as a large smoke plume from the fire dominates the scene in the background.



All students were then evacuated to safety at nearby hotel accommodation and the fire was extinguished.

Students were moved to a hotel near the Dalian University of Technology after the graduation snaps

Fighting fire: No one was injured in the blaze in the Liaoning province, in China, and the fire was quickly extinguished

Angry: Officials at the Dalian University of Technology were unhappy with the photos - arguing students 'shouldn't be celebrating destruction'

Netizen 'Brent-J' posted one photo showing students using the flaming dormitory as a backdrop. He wrote: 'It's too big of a coincidence to see the university on fire today, as it's also graduation day. The students are filled with love in seeing the school burn.'



The photos then went viral online being forwarded 3,000 times in two hours.

