{
  "id": "2026-07-10-stanford-university-wilbur-hall-gas-leak",
  "slug": "stanford-university-wilbur-hall-gas-leak-2026-07-10",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Stanford University",
    "shortName": "Stanford",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "AlertSU",
    "enrollment": 17680
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-07-10",
    "type": "gas-leak",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Residents told to shelter for a parking-lot gas leak, then the line is shut off",
    "headlinePublic": "Residents told to shelter for a parking-lot gas leak, then the line is shut off",
    "summary": "Stanford [told Wilbur Hall residents to shelter in place](https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu.html?alertid=1470) after a reported gas leak at the Wilbur parking lot at 2:44 p.m. on July 10, 2026. Twenty-two minutes later AlertSU said the gas line was shut off and the area was safe.",
    "outcome": "AlertSU 1471 said normal activities could resume."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-07-10T14:57:11-07:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "ALERTSU: 07/10/26,  At 2:44pm there was a report of a small gas leak at Wilbur parking lot. Any residents in the Wilbur Hall please shelter in place. All others please 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=1470",
      "sourceDescription": "Stanford Department of Public Safety AlertSU archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual read 2026-10-12. sha256 6413afd91fc219d1ed1e1f764d7d1c89e8b04a861153096ec82c73aa8f08f637.",
        "Two curls of alert 1470 were byte-identical. The source keeps two spaces after the date comma. Page clock Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:57:11 GMT."
      ],
      "characterCount": 535
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-07-10T15:09:10-07:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "Update: 07/10/26, At 3:06pm LBRE has shut off the gas line that was leaking at Wilbur Hall. The area is now safe to resume normal activities.\n\n \n\nALERTSU: 07/10/26, At 2:44pm there was a report of a small gas leak at Wilbur parking lot. Any residents in the Wilbur Hall please shelter in place. All others please stay away from the area. Updates when available at https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu_home.html or http://emergency.stanford.edu/ ________________________________________ This 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\n",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu.html?alertid=1471",
      "sourceDescription": "Stanford Department of Public Safety AlertSU archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual read 2026-10-12. sha256 b9c9c917d802de8cc1f0c939d0e595e43b50533ce0e935e18080355e2bb38559.",
        "Two curls of alert 1471 were byte-identical. The page repeats the 2:44 p.m. notice under the all-clear and keeps a non-breaking space paragraph between them. Page clock Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:09:10 GMT."
      ],
      "characterCount": 681
    }
  ],
  "context": "The notices are AlertSU pages 1470 and 1471. The all-clear page prints the earlier shelter notice again beneath the update.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Wilbur Hall residents were told to shelter in place. Everyone else was told to stay away.",
    "The update says LBRE shut off the leaking gas line."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "AlertSU 1470",
      "url": "https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu.html?alertid=1470",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted at 06:15Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "AlertSU 1471",
      "url": "https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu.html?alertid=1471",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted at 06:15Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "california",
    "stanford",
    "gas-leak"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}