{
  "id": "2026-10-15-austin-community-college-hays-campus-gas-leak-closure",
  "slug": "austin-community-college-hays-campus-gas-leak-closure-2026-10-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Austin Community College",
    "shortName": "ACC",
    "state": "TX",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "ACC Campus Alert / @accdistrict",
    "enrollment": 40000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-10-15",
    "type": "gas-leak",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Nearby gas leak closes a community-college campus for the evening",
    "headlinePublic": "Nearby gas leak closes a community-college campus for the evening",
    "summary": "At 5:59 PM CDT on Thursday, October 15, 2026, Austin Community College posted a [CAMPUS ALERT](https://x.com/accdistrict/status/2110868220861395374) closing its Hays Campus for the day because of a gas leak near the campus and canceling classes. A [follow-up the next morning](https://x.com/accdistrict/status/2111081339445449054) said the campus had reopened on its regular schedule.",
    "outcome": "The Hays Campus reopened on its regular schedule on Friday, October 16, 2026. The leak's source was not stated.",
    "endDate": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-15T17:59:36-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "CAMPUS ALERT: ACC Hays Campus is closed (10/15) due to a gas leak near the campus. Please avoid the area. Classes & activities are canceled for the day.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/accdistrict/status/2110868220861395374",
      "sourceDescription": "@accdistrict post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Closure, avoid-area instruction and class cancellation in one post."
      ],
      "characterCount": 152
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-16T08:06:27-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "HAYS CAMPUS UPDATE: ACC Hays Campus has reopened on its regular schedule Friday, October 16, following a nearby gas leak that closed the campus Thursday evening.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/accdistrict/status/2111081339445449054",
      "sourceDescription": "@accdistrict post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Describes the leak as having closed the campus \"Thursday evening\", consistent with the 5:59 PM post."
      ],
      "characterCount": 161
    }
  ],
  "context": "The Hays Campus is in Kyle, Texas, south of Austin. Both messages were posted from the district account [@accdistrict](https://x.com/accdistrict).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The closure was announced in the late afternoon and covered the rest of the day.",
    "The reopening post came at 8:06 AM CDT the next morning."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@accdistrict: CAMPUS ALERT, Hays Campus closed for gas leak",
      "url": "https://x.com/accdistrict/status/2110868220861395374",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "@accdistrict: Hays Campus reopened",
      "url": "https://x.com/accdistrict/status/2111081339445449054",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "backfill-2026-10-12",
    "gas-leak",
    "community-college",
    "texas",
    "campus-closure",
    "all-clear"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-11-09",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-09",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}