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  "id": "2026-08-10-wake-forest-university-olin-nitrogen-leak",
  "slug": "wake-forest-university-olin-nitrogen-leak-2026-08-10",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Wake Forest University",
    "shortName": "Wake Forest",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "private-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "Wake Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-10",
    "endDate": "2026-08-11",
    "type": "hazardous-materials",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "unfounded",
    "headline": "Nitrogen leak at Olin, avoid main lobby and nearby areas",
    "headlinePublic": "Nitrogen leak at Olin, avoid main lobby and nearby areas",
    "summary": "Wake Forest University issued a Wake Alert at 10:52 p.m. on August 10, 2026, after a nitrogen leak report at Olin. The campus was told to avoid the main lobby. Twenty-one minutes later the university said it was operating normally. A midnight recap said the tank was nearly empty and operating as designed.",
    "outcome": "Fire department found the tank nearly empty and operating as designed. Police and fire left the scene. No injuries reported on the official pages."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-10T22:52:00-04:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Wake Alert Emergency: Serious nitrogen leak on campus at Olin. Avoid the main lobby and surrounding areas until a Wake Alert update is issued. Follow instructions from University Police and campus officials. Police are responding. Updates at wakealert.wfu.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://wakealert.wfu.edu/2026/08/hazardous-materials-chemical-spill.html",
      "sourceDescription": "Wake Alert official archive: Hazardous Materials/Chemical Spill",
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        "Page timestamp August 10, 2026 10:52 p.m. Five product sentences joined with spaces as they appear in sequence. Standing emergency-number footer omitted.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-07-29 Wake Downtown water-outage case."
      ],
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    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-10T23:13:00-04:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Wake Alert update: Wake Forest University is operating normally. This is the final message relating to current conditions.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://wakealert.wfu.edu/2026/08/final-notice-announcement.html",
      "sourceDescription": "Wake Alert official archive: Final Notice Announcement",
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      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-11T00:08:00-04:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Wake Alert Emergency Update: University Police issued a Wake Alert emergency notification about a nitrogen leak on campus after receiving reports about a leaking tank in Olin. Wake Forest staff inspected the tank and contacted the fire department, which examined it and determined it was nearly empty and operating as designed. Police and fire are no longer on scene, and there is no longer a threat to campus. Updates at wakealert.wfu.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://wakealert.wfu.edu/2026/08/wake-alert-emergency-update.html",
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  "context": "Wake Forest University posts official Wake Alert products at [wakealert.wfu.edu](https://wakealert.wfu.edu/). On the night of August 10, 2026, University Police warned of a nitrogen leak at Olin, then posted an operating-normally final notice 21 minutes later. A recap after midnight said the tank was nearly empty and operating as designed. Distinct from the July 29 Wake Downtown water-outage case.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The initial Wake Alert named Olin and told people to avoid the main lobby.",
    "The all-clear arrived 21 minutes later as an operating-normally final notice.",
    "The post-clear recap said the tank was nearly empty and operating as designed."
  ],
  "sources": [
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      "type": "official-archive"
    },
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      "title": "Final Notice Announcement (Wake Alert)",
      "url": "https://wakealert.wfu.edu/2026/08/final-notice-announcement.html",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Wake Alert Emergency Update",
      "url": "https://wakealert.wfu.edu/2026/08/wake-alert-emergency-update.html",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
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  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "hazardous-materials",
    "nitrogen",
    "olin",
    "wake-alert",
    "fresh-week",
    "private-r2",
    "north-carolina"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-17",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-17",
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}