{
  "id": "2025-04-16-san-diego-state-university-love-library-smoke",
  "slug": "san-diego-state-university-love-library-smoke-2025-04-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "San Diego State University",
    "shortName": "SDSU",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "SDSU Alert",
    "enrollment": 37000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-04-16",
    "type": "fire",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Library smoke from a faulty light fixture; both halls reopened",
    "headlinePublic": "Library smoke from a faulty light fixture; both halls reopened",
    "summary": "San Diego State University [issued an SDSU Alert and two Urgent updates](https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2025-04-16-smoke-at-love-library) after smoke at Love Library; the fire was already out, Love Library and Manchester Hall stayed evacuated until 11:26 a.m., and the cause was a faulty light fixture.",
    "outcome": "No active fire. Both buildings cleared for reentry; university remained open."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-04-16T11:10:00-07:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "SDSU Alert: UPD and fire on scene of a small fire in the library. The fire is out. Details are emerging but no immediate threat to life or safety at this time.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2025-04-16-smoke-at-love-library",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — April 16 2025 Love Library 11:10 a.m. SDSU Alert",
      "annotations": [
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        "Thread checked N/A (official HTML archive).",
        "Not a test: live SDSU Alert about a small fire already out."
      ],
      "characterCount": 159
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-04-16T11:17:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "The isolated fire at Love Library is now out. UPD and fire crews arrived quickly and remain on scene. Those in Love Library and Manchester Hall should remain evacuated. More information: Urgent.sdsu.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2025-04-16-smoke-at-love-library",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — April 16 2025 Love Library 11:17 a.m. update",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch. Official archive body, not labeled SDSU Alert."
      ],
      "characterCount": 203
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2025-04-16T11:26:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "There is no threat to safety or buildings. Confirmed cause of smoke was a faulty light fixture. Those evacuated in Love Library and Manchester Hall can now reenter. The university remains open and operations are normal. More information:urgent.sdsu.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2025-04-16-smoke-at-love-library",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — April 16 2025 Love Library 11:26 a.m. all-clear",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch. More information:urgent.sdsu.edu has no space after the colon, preserved."
      ],
      "characterCount": 253
    }
  ],
  "context": "SDSU Urgent archive for Love Library smoke on April 16, 2025. Distinct from 2026-04-16-san-diego-state-university-gateway-center-shelter (different year, building, and hazard) and from 2025-11-07-san-diego-state-university-imperial-valley-calexico-fire.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Smoke from a faulty light fixture produced a short Love Library and Manchester Hall evacuation."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "SDSU Urgent archive — Smoke Reported at Love Library",
      "url": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2025-04-16-smoke-at-love-library",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-16",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523/500 earlier this run; not retried this file"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "california",
    "sdsu",
    "fire",
    "library"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-16",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}