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UH Mānoa
Construction gas leak forces evacuation of four buildings for about an hour
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On the morning of Tuesday, April 9, 2013, a gas leak at a construction site near Miller Hall prompted the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to evacuate four buildings (Campus Center, Dean Hall, Miller Hall and Building 37) using its UH Alert system. About an hour later the leak was secured and people were allowed back in, with UH posting that "the gas leak has been plugged".
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UH Alert: The gas leak has been plugged but evacuation of the areas cited below is still in effect until the all clear is given.
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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa official Facebook UH Alert postfacebook.comarchived copyVerbatim from UH Mānoa's official Facebook UH Alert post: the leak was plugged but the evacuation order remained in effect pending an all-clear.
This is correctly an update, not an all-clear, it explicitly states the evacuation is still in effect 'until the all clear is given,' a clear distinction between hazard mitigation and re-entry authorization.
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Context
Background
On Tuesday, April 9, 2013, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa evacuated four buildings after a gas leak at a construction site near Miller Hall. Campus Center, Dean Hall, Miller Hall and Building 37 were cleared, and the campus used the UH Alert notification system to push updates. UH Mānoa's official Facebook UH Alert post captured the careful sequencing of the response: it announced that the leak had been plugged while stressing that the evacuation remained in effect 'until the all clear is given.' The leak was secured roughly an hour after the evacuation began and students were allowed back inside, with no injuries reported. The case is an example of a hazardous-materials emergency notification that separated 'the hazard is fixed' from 'it is safe to return.'
Analysis
Key Findings
A construction-site gas leak near Miller Hall prompted evacuation of four UH Mānoa buildings on April 9, 2013
Campus Center, Dean Hall, Miller Hall and Building 37 were evacuated via the UH Alert system
UH's official post explicitly kept the evacuation in effect after the leak was plugged, 'until the all clear is given'
The leak was secured about an hour later and people returned with no injuries
Outcome
The leak was secured roughly an hour after the evacuation and students were allowed to return to the four buildings; no injuries were reported.
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Cite this case
Campus Alert Archive. "University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa: Construction gas leak forces evacuation of four buildings for about an hour." Incident of April 9, 2013. Added May 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-hawaii-manoa-gas-leak-evacuation-2013-04-09/
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Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion