Manhole explosion at Texas Tech University causes fires, outages and class cancellations
An explosion on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock set off fires and power outages Wednesday, leading school officials to issue evacuation orders for several buildings and cancel classes for the rest of the week.
Texas Tech University closes Lubbock campus after fires, power outages cause evacuations
The explosion came from a manhole on campus near a substation, causing power outages in the area and at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, officials said.
Update: Texas Tech closes campus ahead of spring break after fires, explosion
Texas Tech and Lubbock Fire Rescue officials were confirming an ongoing evacuation near the campus' engineering key as well as outages across the Tech and Texas Tech Health Sciences Center campuses following several fires and a power substation explosion Wednesday evening.
Texas Tech University closes campus after manhole explosion causes fires, power outages
An underground explosion on the Texas Tech campus, with neon green substance, has forced Texas Tech University to close campus ahead of spring break.
Texas Tech officials trying to determine what caused explosion and fires that prompted campus closure
A day after the incident in which green flames could be seen coming out of manholes, 40% of the university in Lubbock remains without power.
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