{
  "id": "2025-12-01-kennesaw-state-university-marietta-gas-leak",
  "slug": "kennesaw-state-university-marietta-gas-leak-2025-12-01",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Kennesaw State University",
    "shortName": "KSU",
    "state": "GA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "KSU Emergency",
    "enrollment": 47000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-12-01",
    "endDate": "2025-12-03",
    "type": "gas-leak",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Gas leak in an academic building knocks out heat and internet service",
    "headlinePublic": "Gas leak in an academic building knocks out heat and internet service",
    "summary": "A gas leak discovered the Monday morning after Thanksgiving break, December 1, 2025, in the Academic Building (H) on Kennesaw State University's Marietta campus caused [\"significant service outages\"](https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/kennesaw-state-marietta-campus-building-closed-gas-leak/85-1ca8037d-e6a2-4e1c-a6e7-a8eb14abc346) affecting the Marietta campus and select areas of the Kennesaw campus. The campus [moved to modified operations](https://www.ajc.com/education/2025/12/kennesaw-state-modifies-operations-on-marietta-campus-due-to-gas-leak/) and resumed normal operations on December 3, 2025.",
    "outcome": "Gas was shut off to part of the campus while the leak was located, knocking out heat and internet for some buildings. The Marietta campus moved to modified operations and resumed normal operations on December 3, 2025, after services were restored.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Morning of December 1, 2025, after a worker smelled gas opening the building post-break",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Marietta Academic Building (H) is closed until further notice due to a gas leak.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ksuoem/status/1995508613625065487",
      "sourceDescription": "KSU Emergency Management (@ksuoem) on X",
      "annotations": [
        "The first KSU Emergency Management post named the affected facility (the Marietta Academic Building, designated H) and closed it indefinitely, before the scope of the service outages was known.",
        "11Alive reported the leak was discovered when a KSU worker opened the building after the holiday break and smelled gas, and the leak could not initially be located."
      ],
      "characterCount": 80
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "Later on December 1, 2025, as outages spread",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Due to a reported gas leak in the H building on the Marietta campus, we are experiencing significant service outages impacting the Marietta campus & select areas of the Kennesaw campus.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ksuoem/status/1995547183802638489",
      "sourceDescription": "@ksuoem on X (verbatim raw t.co)",
      "annotations": [
        "This update broadened the impact from a single building closure to campus-wide service outages, because the H building is a core infrastructure facility for the Marietta campus.",
        "The phrasing 'select areas of the Kennesaw campus' shows the two-campus university treated the leak as a cross-campus infrastructure event, not just a Marietta problem."
      ],
      "characterCount": 185
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "December 2, 2025 evening, ahead of the December 3 return to normal operations",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "KSU Emergency: Marietta Campus will resume Normal Operations tomorrow, December 3, 2025. All infrastructure services impacted by the gas leak have been restored.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ksuoem/status/1996027036679241988",
      "sourceDescription": "KSU Emergency Management (@ksuoem) on X",
      "annotations": [
        "The all-clear explicitly confirms infrastructure services were restored and sets a definite return-to-normal date, distinguishing it from the interim modified-operations messaging.",
        "The capitalized 'Normal Operations' is preserved exactly from the official post."
      ],
      "characterCount": 161
    }
  ],
  "context": "Kennesaw State University operates two campuses north of Atlanta, in Kennesaw and Marietta, and the Marietta Academic Building (designated H) is a core infrastructure facility for the Marietta campus. On the morning of December 1, 2025, the first Monday after Thanksgiving break, a worker opening the building smelled gas. [11Alive reported](https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/kennesaw-state-marietta-campus-building-closed-gas-leak/85-1ca8037d-e6a2-4e1c-a6e7-a8eb14abc346) that the leak could not initially be located, leading the university to shut off gas to an area of campus and causing significant service outages, including heat and internet for some buildings. [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported](https://www.ajc.com/education/2025/12/kennesaw-state-modifies-operations-on-marietta-campus-due-to-gas-leak/) the Marietta campus moved to modified operations. KSU Emergency Management posted the closure, the service-outage update, and the all clear on its @ksuoem account, with the Marietta campus resuming normal operations on December 3, 2025, after all impacted infrastructure services were restored. The three messages are quoted verbatim from the official posts. This case illustrates how a single building's gas leak can cascade into a multi-day, cross-campus infrastructure disruption.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A gas leak in the Marietta Academic Building (H), a core infrastructure facility, knocked out heat and internet across the Marietta campus and parts of the Kennesaw campus",
    "The leak was discovered when a worker opened the building after Thanksgiving break and could not initially be located, forcing a gas shutoff to part of campus",
    "All three KSU Emergency Management messages are quoted verbatim from the official @ksuoem X account, with normal operations resuming December 3, 2025"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Gas leak at Kennesaw State's Marietta campus cause 'significant service outages' - 11Alive",
      "url": "https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/kennesaw-state-marietta-campus-building-closed-gas-leak/85-1ca8037d-e6a2-4e1c-a6e7-a8eb14abc346",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Kennesaw State modifies operations on Marietta campus due to gas leak - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution",
      "url": "https://www.ajc.com/education/2025/12/kennesaw-state-modifies-operations-on-marietta-campus-due-to-gas-leak/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "KSU Emergency Management - Marietta Academic Building (H) closed - X",
      "url": "https://x.com/ksuoem/status/1995508613625065487",
      "type": "official-social"
    },
    {
      "title": "KSU Emergency Management - resume Normal Operations December 3 - X",
      "url": "https://x.com/ksuoem/status/1996027036679241988",
      "type": "official-social"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://x.com/ksuoem/status/1995547183802638489",
      "title": "@ksuoem on X",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-07-18"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "gas-leak",
    "infrastructure-failure",
    "georgia",
    "marietta",
    "multi-campus",
    "service-outage"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-28",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-18",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}