{
  "id": "2026-04-25-university-of-iowa-hawk-alert-building-fire-university-capitol-centre",
  "slug": "university-of-iowa-hawk-alert-building-fire-university-capitol-centre-2026-04-25",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Iowa",
    "shortName": "Iowa",
    "state": "IA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Hawk Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-04-25",
    "type": "fire",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Building fire University Capital Center. Avoid the area. More: emergency.uiowa.edu",
    "headlinePublic": "Building fire University Capital Center. Avoid the area. More: emergency.uiowa.edu",
    "summary": "On the evening of Saturday, April 25, 2026, the University of Iowa [issued a Hawk Alert](https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-building-fire-university-capital-center-avoid-area-more-emergencyuiowaedu) for a building fire at the University Capitol Centre, 200 S. Capitol St. Per the [Iowa City Fire Department](https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-building-fire-university-capital-center-avoid-area-more-emergencyuiowaedu), firefighters were dispatched at 9:21 PM to a report of smoke and fire from a refrigeration unit inside a business in the building; first units were on scene within three minutes and the fire was brought under control within minutes.",
    "outcome": "Fire brought under control; situation resolved. The emergency page posted an ICFD press-release update at 3:00 PM on April 26, 2026, and the alert status was closed."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "HAWK ALERT: Building fire University Capital Center. Avoid the area. More: emergency.uiowa.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-building-fire-university-capital-center-avoid-area-more-emergencyuiowaedu",
      "sourceDescription": "University of Iowa Hawk Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from the official emergency.uiowa.edu Hawk Alert page.",
        "Incident date corrected 2026-07-27: the ICFD press release on the alert page dates the fire to Saturday, April 25, 2026 (9:21 PM dispatch); an earlier ingestion error had set incident.date from the page's first Wayback capture (2026-07-20)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 95,
      "confidence": "high",
      "timestampApprox": "Evening of Saturday, April 25, 2026 (ICFD dispatched at 9:21 PM CDT; the Hawk Alert followed the same evening)"
    }
  ],
  "context": "The University Capitol Centre at 200 S. Capitol St. is a mixed-use university building in downtown Iowa City. On April 25, 2026, a fire in a refrigeration unit inside a business in the building triggered the alarm; the [Iowa City Fire Department](https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-building-fire-university-capital-center-avoid-area-more-emergencyuiowaedu) was dispatched at 9:21 PM and controlled the fire within minutes, and the university issued a Hawk Alert telling the community to avoid the area. The emergency page carried an ICFD press-release update the following afternoon and the situation was closed as resolved.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The 95-character Hawk Alert leads with the hazard and location, names one protective action (avoid the area), and points to emergency.uiowa.edu for updates."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "UI Hawk Alert",
      "url": "https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-building-fire-university-capital-center-avoid-area-more-emergencyuiowaedu",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "iowa",
    "uiowa",
    "hawk-alert",
    "fire"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-27",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}