There was confusion, but students we spoke to said it was a generally calm feeling once they left their dorm or classroom.

LUBBOCK, Texas — An explosion at a substation on the Texas Tech campus has caused power outages at the Texas Tech and the Health Sciences Center Wednesday evening, according to a TechAlert.

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.

Texas Tech University sent students on an early spring break after spurts of green flames shot out from manholes on campus on Wednesday night. The source was an explosion at a substation that ...

The campus in Lubbock faced multiple fires and power outages following an explosion on Wednesday, March 12 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and ...

Later reports confirmed the power outages as "widespread," affecting the university and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The TTUHSC campus asked students and staff to vacate its ...