LOGAN, Utah — Students at a dormitory on the campus of Utah State University were evacuated Thursday night after what was being described as a possible HAZMAT situation.
Early Friday, the University claimed the action was taken for potential smoke contamination, but provided no other information other than to say that the Logan Fire Department was investigating its source.
Messages originally through the school's alert system said there had been a chemical spill on the first floor at the Mountain View Tower dormitory, and that students on the second floor and above should shelter-in-place.
Despite that shelter-in-place order, all students were eventually evacuated from the building.
A student living in the dormitory told FOX 13 News that he was sitting in his room when fire alarms went off. Students were being told that fumes had been detected on the first floor of the building.
Police tape was used to close off entrances to the building as fire crews investigated the scene.
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