Power -span -span explosion, several fires reported on the Texas Tech Campus

Texas Tech’s campus in Lubbock will be closed on Thursday, Friday and next week for the spring holidays after a Mannloch explosion triggered a number of fires around the campus on Wednesday evening and triggered power outages and evacuations, confirmed officials on Wednesday evening.

Updated at 11:50 p.m.: Texas Tech President shares news after Wednesday evening in incident

Lawrence Schovanec, President of Texas Tech, shared an e -mail with the campus community late Wednesday after the explosion and fire in the tech tunnel system.

“Dear Texas Tech family,

On Wednesday (March 12) an explosion occurred in a tunnel and caused a fire. The fire spread and led to failures on the Texas Tech Campus. Electricity and gas were closed on the campus of the Texas Tech and Health Sciences Center in Lubbock so as not to spread the fire. The fire was successfully deleted on Wednesday evening.

The Campus infrastructure is thoroughly checked for security because the power supply comes online again after shutdown. The cause of the fire is still being examined.

In order to enable the thorough review of the campus infrastructure and to ensure the security of our campus community, we will close the campus on Thursday, March 13th and Friday, March 14th. All classes are canceled and all non -essential employees should work from a distance if they are able. This includes employees of Texas Tech University System Administration. The human resources will pursue an email to work agreements.

We would like to share our emergency teams on campus and the city of Lubbock, Lubbock Fire Rescue, Lubbock Police Department, Lubbock Power & Light, Atmos Energy and others who are guaranteed security of our campus community.

Updated at 10:45 p.m.: Lubbock Fire, Tech Police offers updates

The police from Texas Tech and Lubbock fire brigade rescue officers offered updates after 10 p.m. during a press conference and warned the public to keep away from the campus while the situation remained actively.

Caitlynn Jeffries, a public information officer for the Texas Tech Police Department, said the incident had started at around 7 p.m. with an explosion in a man hole near the engineering key in the central part of the campus near the 900 block of the Boston Avenue.

“This explosion led to a power failure at Texas Tech University, including the Health Sciences Center,” said Jeffries. “We evacuated the engineering key and ask that all public and unofficial employees avoid campus at this time.”

Lubbock Fire Rescue Capt. John Tunnell said that firefighters reacted to the reported explosion and quickly discovered other shaft pools with active fires and smoke that were spent by them.

“This remains a very active scene, as the crews continue to work with Tech officials from Texas to alleviate this emergency,” said Tunnell.

Power was closed on the entire campus late Wednesday. However, no injuries were reported.

It was not immediately clear what the explosion and fire triggered. The manholes seemed to be connected to the extensive tunnel system, which runs under the Tech campus and carries supply companies.

The students were told that they could go home early for the spring holidays. The campus closes on Thursday and Friday before the regularly planned break next week.

According to a press release, students who live on the campus in dormitory will delay their departure to daylight on Thursday morning. Students on campus who need support or alternative accommodations should (806) 789-6000 or by email to [email protected]. Faculty and employees are recommended to work until after further remote.

The campus’ dormitories were not closed, but the students were not immediately asked to return to the campus in their dormitories, while the emergency crews were still working in the scene.

Updated at 10:20 p.m. Infrastructure fires, explosion input request for Texas Tech before the spring break

The Tech officials from Texas announced that the campus will be closed next week on Thursday and Friday before the spring break after a number of fires were closed near a series of fires near Manhole cover on the entire campus and an explosion of power. The fires and explosion led to evacuations in the central part of the campus and widespread power outages on the tech and on the Texas Tech HSC campus.

Updated at 9:50 p.m.

An explosion on a man hole on campus influenced several locations and shortly after notification via Tech Alert Campus shortly after 9:30 p.m., triggered several locations on the Tech and Texas Tech HSC campus. The engineering key remained evacuated and the public was asked to avoid the area. It was not immediately clear what this explosion triggered or how it had related to an explosion of a powerover.

Updated at 8.45 p.m.

Caitlynn Jeffries, a public information officer for the Texas Tech Police Department, published a brief explanation to the AJ by e -mail on Wednesday.

“An explosion in a substation at Texas Tech University and Texas Tech Health Sciences Center caused power outages,” wrote Jeffries. “The engineering key has evacuated and we ask that all public and unofficial employees avoid the campus. The power supply is closed on the entire campus while repairs are started.”

There were no immediate reports on victims. An avalanche journal reporter is on site on the tech campus for additional information from civil servants.

Tech notified the campus community about the incidents with an initial notification of technical warning messages at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The first notification warned that there was a power failure on campus.

A subsequent warning confirmed that the engineering key near Broadway was evacuated west of Boston Avenue.

Lubbock Fire Rescue officers ask the public to avoid Texas Tech Campus, since the firefighters react to several fires, according to an explanation that has shared LFR on social media.

“The public is asked to avoid the area while the crews reduce this emergency,” said the post office, which did not provide any additional information.

An explosion in a power conversation has left the health sciences of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences without electricity, according to a tech warning at 8:45 p.m.

Original history: The engineering key on the central part of the Texas Tech Campus was evacuated and the university’s emergency center was activated after the officials reported gas smells and a loss of care on the campus.

It was not immediately clear what caused the failure or the supply problems. Lubbock Power & Light’s failure card showed a failure that affects around 40 customers on campus. The cause of the failure was listed as a “forced failure”.

The AJ contacted the Tech Campus police to apply for additional details. Follow lubbockonline.com to get more about this story.

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