"Dear Texas Tech Family, Wednesday (March 12) evening, an explosion occurred in a tunnel, causing a fire. The fire spread, leading to outages on the Texas Tech campus. Electricity and gas were shut down across both the Texas Tech and Health Sciences Center campuses in Lubbock to keep the fire from spreading further.

An underground explosion on the Texas Tech campus, with neon green substance, has forced Texas Tech University to close campus ahead of spring break.

An explosion at a manhole on the Texas Tech University campus on March 12 caused fires and widespread power outages. No injuries were reported. The university evacuated several buildings, cancelled classes for the week,