{
  "id": "2025-11-10-university-of-tennessee-at-chattanooga-oak-street-gas-leak",
  "slug": "university-of-tennessee-at-chattanooga-oak-street-gas-leak-2025-11-10",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Tennessee at Chattanooga",
    "shortName": "UTC",
    "state": "TN",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "UTC-Alert",
    "enrollment": 11400
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-11-10",
    "type": "gas-leak",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Gas line strike brings a shelter order, then a lift",
    "headlinePublic": "Gas line strike brings a shelter order, then a lift",
    "summary": "An unmarked gas line was struck near the Oak Street residence project. People in nearby buildings were [told to shelter](https://www.utc.edu/finance-and-administration/department-of-public-safety/alerts-status), and the order was lifted after the gas was shut off.",
    "outcome": "The shelter order was lifted. Repair work was underway. Evacuation of nearby buildings was judged unnecessary."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-11-10T12:45:00-05:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "UTC Community:\n\nAs part of the ongoing construction project for the Oak Street Residence Hall, an unmarked gas line was inadvertently struck at approximately 11:25 PM today. The UTC Police Department (UTCPD), UTC Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), Chattanooga Fire Department (CFD), and UTC Facilities Planning and Management (FPM) immediately responded to assess the situation. It was determined that evacuation of nearby buildings was not necessary. However, out of an abundance of caution, individuals in surrounding buildings—including Davenport Hall, Johnson-Obear Apartments, the Metropolitan Building, and the Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center—were asked to shelter in place until the gas line could be shut off.\n\nChattanooga Gas arrived on site shortly after 12:00 PM to shut off the gas line, after which the shelter-in-place order was lifted. Repair work on the affected line is currently underway.\n\nThank you for your understanding as safety personnel and utility crews worked to resolve the situation quickly and safely.\n\nMessage issued on 11/10/2025 at 12:45 PM",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.utc.edu/finance-and-administration/department-of-public-safety/alerts-status",
      "sourceDescription": "UTC-ALERT status archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual fetch of the alerts-status page on 2026-10-12. After scripts and Cloudflare email hashes are removed, both copies of this message match.",
        "The issued line gives the minute. Seconds are not in that line.",
        "1099 characters. sha256 586aee32ab310a69c9240831ba80375b1a5b2987235f6a0c53cc28d9baeb1278.",
        "The page says the line was struck at 11:25 PM and shut off shortly after 12:00 PM on the issued date. Those clocks are in the message and were not reconciled.",
        "SPN not attempted at 10:15Z"
      ],
      "characterCount": 1099
    }
  ],
  "context": "One incident update on the UTC-ALERT status archive. It is the copy that contains both the shelter order and the lift.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Davenport Hall, Johnson-Obear Apartments, the Metropolitan Building, and the Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center were in the shelter area.",
    "Chattanooga Gas shut the line off and the shelter order was lifted."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UTC-ALERT status archive",
      "url": "https://www.utc.edu/finance-and-administration/department-of-public-safety/alerts-status",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted at 10:15Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "tennessee",
    "gas-leak"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}