{
  "id": "2021-03-08-university-of-minnesota-superblock-gas-odor",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-superblock-gas-odor-2021-03-08",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-03-08",
    "type": "gas-leak",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Gas odor near Folwell and Superblock halls",
    "headlinePublic": "Gas odor near Folwell and Superblock halls",
    "summary": "UMN Public Safety posted [5 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) for this gas leak incident on 2021-03-08.",
    "outcome": "Official SAFE-U/Dinkytown sequence of 5 message(s) from the public alerts archive.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "March 8, 2021 at 12:13 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: GAS ODOR at 1206 in/near FOLWELL HALL 9 PLEASANT ST SE . UMPD AND MINNEAPOLIS FIRE ARE CHECKING A ODOR INSIDE FOLWELL HALL. AT THIS TIME WE ARE REQUESTIN IF YOU ARE INSIDE FOLWELL TO EVACUATE AND TO AVOID THE AREA UNTIL ADVISED THANK YOU updates and safety tips at z.umn.edu/alerts SAFE-U EMERGENCY",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "sourceDescription": "UMN Department of Public Safety Safety Notifications (SAFE-U / Dinkytown)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 318,
      "timestamp": "2021-03-08T12:13:00-06:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "March 8, 2021 at 1:32 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities UPDATE ON THE INCIDENT AT 9 PLEASANT ST SE, FOLWELL HALL ,WE HAVE RECEIVED THE ALL CLEAR YOU ARE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE AREA AND BUILDING. updates and safety tips at z.umn.edu/alerts SAFE-U EMERGENCY",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "sourceDescription": "UMN Department of Public Safety Safety Notifications (SAFE-U / Dinkytown)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 217,
      "timestamp": "2021-03-08T13:32:00-06:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "March 8, 2021 at 2:29 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: GAS ODORS at 212PM in SUPERBLOCK AREA INCLUDING ,FRONTIER HALL TERRITORAL HALL, CENTENNIAL HALL, PIONEER HALL, WE ARE ASKING FOR ALL TO EVACUATE THE BUILDINGS AND AREA WHILE UMPD AND MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE SMELL. updates and safety tips at z.umn.edu/alerts SAFE-U EMERGENCY",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "sourceDescription": "UMN Department of Public Safety Safety Notifications (SAFE-U / Dinkytown)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 315,
      "timestamp": "2021-03-08T14:29:00-06:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "March 8, 2021 at 5:53 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: FRONTIER HALL CENTENNIAL HALL AND PIONEER HALL ARE ALL REOPENED ...TERRITORIAL HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED YET THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SAFE U SENT WHEN TERRITORIAL IS REOPENED, updates and safety tips at z.umn.edu/alerts SAFE-U EMERGENCY",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "sourceDescription": "UMN Department of Public Safety Safety Notifications (SAFE-U / Dinkytown)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 248,
      "timestamp": "2021-03-08T17:53:00-06:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 5,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "March 8, 2021 at 6:05 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: Territorial Hall is now open Superblock completely open updates and safety tips at z.umn.edu/alerts SAFE-U EMERGENCY",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "sourceDescription": "UMN Department of Public Safety Safety Notifications (SAFE-U / Dinkytown)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 136,
      "timestamp": "2021-03-08T18:05:00-06:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "From the official [UMN Safety Notifications archive](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) on 2021-03-08: 5 transmitted notice(s).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Verbatim from publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts.",
    "5 confirmed message(s)."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UMN Safety Notifications (Alerts)",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "UMN Department of Public Safety",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "gas-leak",
    "safe-u",
    "minnesota",
    "umn-alerts"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}