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Several buildings at Texas Tech University in Lubbock were evacuated on Wednesday evening after officials said that an explosion in a man hole near a substation caused several fires that could be seen on parts of the campus from the surface and widespread power failures in the region.

Emergency officials who were called about a gas leak shortly after 7 p.m. near the campus were exhibited flames that were shot from man holes, said a fire officer from Lubbock during a press conference. Video from Texas Tech Campus, which was posted by the local news channel KCBD, shows green flames that come from a man hole.

“It is too early to say exactly what we have to do there,” said Lubbock Fire Captain Jon Tunnell during the press conference when he was asked about the cause of the fire.

A spokesman for the university also confirmed that there was an underground explosion on campus in a man hole on the campus near Engineering Key, a central part of the campus, which performed evacuations in this area. No injuries were reported, but a fire brigade officer said on Wednesday at 10 p.m. that the campus was still a “very active” scene.

The explosion caused failures on the entire campus and in the nearby Texas Tech Health and Science Center. A spokesman said that electricity had been closed on the entire campus when the repairs started. Officials had no information about whether appointments in the health center, in which power failures are also carried out, would be affected.

Student halls were not evacuated, but the students were encouraged to avoid the campus if they were not already present and leave in the morning when they are able to do so. Spring Break for Texas Tech Students should begin on Monday, but the university announced that it will be closed for the rest of the week.

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