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A Morning Gas Leak Empties Building 1000 at the Padron Campus

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Confirmed Threat

A gas leak on the morning of September 16, 2022, forced the evacuation of a building at Miami Dade College's Eduardo J. Padron Campus in Miami. NBC Miami reported the leak was in building 1000, that everyone was moved to building 6000, and that the college gave the all clear shortly after 9 a.m. with no injuries reported.

Alerts
2
Response
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Killed
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Injured
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Institution
Miami Dade College
Community College · FL
~100,000 students
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTSMS
Verified verbatimMDCAlert notification text quoted verbatim by NBC Miami, September 16, 2022141 chars
There is a gas leak at MDC's Padron Campus in 1000. Everyone is to evacuate to building 6000 and avoid 1000. Fire Department is on the scene.
Verbatim MDCAlert message as quoted by NBC Miami; the building references use bare numbers ('in 1000', 'avoid 1000') rather than 'Building 1000', matching MDC's internal building-number shorthand.
Relocating occupants from building 1000 to building 6000 reflects a shelter-and-relocate response rather than a full campus evacuation.
'Fire Department is on the scene' confirms an active gas-leak response was already underway when the alert went out.
ALL CLEARSMS
Approximate reconstruction107 chars
MDC Alert: All clear. The gas leak has been resolved and normal operations may resume at the Padron Campus.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Reconstructed: NBC Miami reported the school gave the all clear shortly after 9 a.m. EDT, but the verbatim MDC all-clear text was not published.
No injuries were reported, and the incident resolved within the morning.
Context

Background

Miami Dade College is one of the largest institutions in the United States, and its Eduardo J. Padron Campus sits near Southwest 27th Avenue and 7th Street in Miami. On the morning of September 16, 2022, NBC Miami reported that a gas leak in building 1000 forced an evacuation, that occupants were relocated to building 6000, and that the college issued an all clear shortly after 9 a.m. EDT with no injuries reported. The relocate-and-reopen sequence is typical of a contained gas-leak response on a large urban campus. This case adds a confirmed gas-leak evacuation at MDC's Padron Campus, distinct from the existing MDC cases tied to the North Campus 2017 bomb threat and the 2026 Homestead incidents.
Analysis

Key Findings

The gas leak was in building 1000, and occupants were relocated to building 6000 rather than ordered fully off campus
The college issued an all clear shortly after 9 a.m. EDT with no injuries
NBC Miami quoted the verbatim initial MDCAlert text but did not publish the all-clear wording, so the all-clear remains isVerbatimConfirmed:false
Outcome
Occupants of building 1000 were evacuated to building 6000. The college gave the all clear shortly after 9 a.m. No injuries were reported.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    Gas Leak Causes Evacuation at Miami-Dade College's Padron Campus - NBC Miami
    nbcmiami.com
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gas-leakevacuationfloridacommunity-collegemiamipadron-campus
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion