{
  "id": "2026-09-12-stanford-university-lokey-laboratory-hazmat",
  "slug": "stanford-university-lokey-laboratory-hazmat-2026-09-12",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Stanford University",
    "shortName": "Stanford",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "AlertSU",
    "enrollment": 17680
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-09-12",
    "type": "hazmat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Stay away from a laboratory after a chemical release, then the scene is stabilized",
    "headlinePublic": "Stay away from a laboratory after a chemical release, then the scene is stabilized",
    "summary": "Stanford [told people to stay away from Lokey Laboratory](https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu.html?alertid=1472) after a hazmat release at 9:34 a.m. on Sept. 12, 2026. A later notice said Palo Alto Fire was on scene and there was no evacuation. The final notice said the incident was stabilized.",
    "outcome": "AlertSU 1474 said there was no emergency and that the notice was the final update."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-12T10:01:56-07:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "ALERTSU: 09/12/2026, Hazmat release at Lokey Laboratory Building, 9:34AM. Stay away from the area. Updates when available at https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu_home.html or http://emergency.stanford.edu/\n________________________________________\nThis emergency notification is being sent in compliance with the Clery Act. FAQs about the Clery Act and the AlertSU notifications can be found here: https://police.stanford.edu/pdf/Clery-FAQ.PDF",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu.html?alertid=1472",
      "sourceDescription": "Stanford Department of Public Safety AlertSU archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual read 2026-10-12. sha256 6e0e0d7350ecd7e4d235f430c404f5166859875960a76578b25fbb394a585f86.",
        "Two curls of alert 1472 were byte-identical. Text is the alert div on that page. Page clock Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:01:56 GMT."
      ],
      "characterCount": 441
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-12T10:31:40-07:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "ALERTSU: 09/12/2026, Hazmat release at Lokey Laboratory Building, 9:34AM.  DPS, Palo Alto Fire onsite. Continue to stay away from area. No evacuation.\n\n_____________________________________\nThis emergency notification is being sent in compliance with the Clery Act. FAQs about the Clery Act and the AlertSU notifications can be found here: https://police.stanford.edu/pdf/Clery-FAQ.PDF",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu.html?alertid=1473",
      "sourceDescription": "Stanford Department of Public Safety AlertSU archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual read 2026-10-12. sha256 1f94cb094d195bdb8d16caf745d899dc113fdc216530ec648ddf4ef650085713.",
        "Two curls of alert 1473 were byte-identical. Page clock Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:31:40 GMT."
      ],
      "characterCount": 385
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-12T11:09:31-07:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "ALERTSU: 09/12/2026, Hazmat release at Lokey Laboratory Building, 9:34AM. The incident at Lokey has been stabilized.  There is no emergency at this time.   This is the final update.  \n\n________________________________________\nThis emergency notification is being sent in compliance with the Clery Act. FAQs about the Clery Act and the AlertSU notifications can be found here: https://police.stanford.edu/pdf/Clery-FAQ.PDF",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu.html?alertid=1474",
      "sourceDescription": "Stanford Department of Public Safety AlertSU archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual read 2026-10-12. sha256 ec68068f0673d7d32ca197cb652157cb125853cc143a348f7b0ae1b72079c32f.",
        "Two curls of alert 1474 were byte-identical. Page clock Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:09:31 GMT."
      ],
      "characterCount": 421
    }
  ],
  "context": "The three notices are AlertSU pages 1472, 1473, and 1474. Alerts 1475 through 1478 are the Campus Drive burglary already on file and are not part of this incident.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The first notice says to stay away from Lokey Laboratory Building.",
    "The final notice says the incident was stabilized and there is no emergency."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "AlertSU 1472",
      "url": "https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu.html?alertid=1472",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted at 06:15Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "AlertSU 1473",
      "url": "https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu.html?alertid=1473",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted at 06:15Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "AlertSU 1474",
      "url": "https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu.html?alertid=1474",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted at 06:15Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "california",
    "stanford",
    "hazmat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}