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Update: Texas Tech closes campus ahead of spring break after fires, explosion

"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.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 4d

Texas Tech officials trying to determine what caused explosion and fires that prompted campus closure

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.

KHOU on MSN · 3d

Substation explosion at Texas Tech University causes power outages, prompts evacuation, school says

At 8:42 p.m., an updated alert said that an explosion at a substation was the cause of the power outages; however, at 9:42 p.m., another alert from the Texas Tech Police Department said that an explosion at a manhole was affecting multiple locations on campus and causing widespread power outages.

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal3d

Texas Tech, Lubbock officials share early timeline of campus overnight fires, explosion

As the sun set on the Texas Tech campus in Lubbock, Texas, days before the university was set to go on spring break, pillars of green fire erupted from the ground around the campus. This ...

San Antonio Express-News4d

Texas Tech University closes Lubbock campus after fires, power outages cause evacuations

Video from the Texas Tech campus posted by local news station KCBD shows green flames spewing from one manhole. “It's too early to say exactly what we're dealing with there,” Lubbock Fire ...

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