{
  "id": "2026-03-13-chattanooga-state-community-college-omni-branch-gas-leak",
  "slug": "chattanooga-state-community-college-omni-branch-gas-leak-2026-03-13",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Chattanooga State Community College",
    "shortName": "ChattState",
    "state": "TN",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "ChattState Alert / official X",
    "enrollment": 8000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-13",
    "type": "gas-leak",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "ChattState OMNI and BRANCH evacuated for gas leak (Mar 13, 2026)",
    "headlinePublic": "ChattState OMNI and BRANCH evacuated for gas leak (Mar 13, 2026)",
    "summary": "Chattanooga State Community College [evacuated the OMNI and BRANCH buildings due to a suspected gas leak March 13, 2026](https://x.com/ChattStateCC/status/2032436593630249417), [closed them for the remainder of the day with virtual learning and operations](https://x.com/ChattStateCC/status/2032475560933241302), then [allowed brief property retrieval between 12:30 and 1:00 p.m.](https://x.com/ChattStateCC/status/2032488332660240736).",
    "outcome": "Buildings evacuated and closed remainder of day; virtual operations."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-03-13",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "ChattState Alert: The OMNI and BRANCH buildings are being evacuated due to a suspected gas leak. If you are in either building, please evacuate immediately. Thank you.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ChattStateCC/status/2032436593630249417",
      "sourceDescription": "ChattState gas leak evacuate",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official @ChattStateCC X account."
      ],
      "characterCount": 167
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-03-13",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "ChattState Alert: The OMNI and BRANCH buildings will be closed for the remainder of today, Friday, March 13, and will move to virtual learning & operations.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ChattStateCC/status/2032475560933241302",
      "sourceDescription": "ChattState gas leak closed virtual",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official @ChattStateCC X account."
      ],
      "characterCount": 156
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-03-13",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "ChattState Alert: Due to the closure of the OMNI and BRANCH buildings today, anyone needing to access these buildings to gather their belongings may do so between 12:30 PM and 1:00 PM today. Thank you.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ChattStateCC/status/2032488332660240736",
      "sourceDescription": "ChattState belongings window",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official @ChattStateCC X account."
      ],
      "characterCount": 201
    }
  ],
  "context": "Wider b308 ChattState residual gas leak multi-alert sequence.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Buildings evacuated and closed remainder of day; virtual operations."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "ChattState gas leak evacuate",
      "url": "https://x.com/ChattStateCC/status/2032436593630249417",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    },
    {
      "title": "ChattState gas leak closed virtual",
      "url": "https://x.com/ChattStateCC/status/2032475560933241302",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    },
    {
      "title": "ChattState belongings window",
      "url": "https://x.com/ChattStateCC/status/2032488332660240736",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "tennessee",
    "gas-leak",
    "community-college",
    "wider-reach",
    "evacuation"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}