{
  "id": "2026-03-28-university-of-illinois-707-s-third-fire",
  "slug": "university-of-illinois-707-s-third-fire-2026-03-28",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign",
    "shortName": "UIUC",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Illini-Alert",
    "enrollment": 56000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-28",
    "type": "fire",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Working fire at 707 S Third St; avoid the area",
    "headlinePublic": "Working fire at 707 S Third St; avoid the area",
    "summary": "On the night of March 28–29, 2026, [@IlliniAlert](https://x.com/IlliniAlert/status/2038117032512647278) issued emergency notices for a fire at 707 S Third St in Champaign, later updated as a working fire, directing people to leave if near and avoid the area.",
    "outcome": "Sequence of avoid-area fire alerts; no all-clear recovered in this pass."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-03-28T23:52:21-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Illini-Alert Emergency. Fire at 707 S Third St, Champaign. Avoid area. If in or near this location, leave immediately. More information to come.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IlliniAlert/status/2038117032512647278",
      "sourceDescription": "@IlliniAlert on X (verbatim)",
      "annotations": [
        "Initial fire avoid-area notice."
      ],
      "characterCount": 144,
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-03-29T00:12:00-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Illini-Alert Emergency. Update Working Fire at 707 S Third St, Champaign. Avoid area. If in or near this location, leave immediately. More information to come.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IlliniAlert/status/2038121975889936478",
      "sourceDescription": "@IlliniAlert on X (verbatim)",
      "annotations": [
        "Working-fire update."
      ],
      "characterCount": 159,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official Illini-Alert fire sequence for 707 S Third St, Champaign.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Two-message working-fire sequence with leave-immediately guidance"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@IlliniAlert fire 707 S Third",
      "url": "https://x.com/IlliniAlert/status/2038117032512647278",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "@IlliniAlert working fire update",
      "url": "https://x.com/IlliniAlert/status/2038121975889936478",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "fire",
    "illini-alert",
    "illinois",
    "2026"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}