{
  "id": "2025-01-30-university-of-texas-at-arlington-gas-well-fire",
  "slug": "university-of-texas-at-arlington-gas-well-fire-2025-01-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "The University of Texas at Arlington",
    "shortName": "UTA",
    "state": "TX",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MavAlert / @UTArlington",
    "enrollment": 42000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-01-30",
    "type": "fire",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Fire at natural gas well site near Continuing Education; evacuate",
    "headlinePublic": "Fire at natural gas well site near Continuing Education; evacuate",
    "summary": "UTA posted an [Urgent MavAlert evacuate](https://x.com/UTArlington/status/1885096734042276262) then [under-control](https://x.com/UTArlington/status/1885098531133780095) and [all-clear](https://x.com/UTArlington/status/1885111223823286501) products on [@UTArlington](https://x.com/UTArlington).",
    "outcome": "Fire out; threat passed; resume normal campus operations."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-01-30T16:44:19-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Urgent MavAlert: There is a fire in the natural gas well site near Continuing Education. If you are in the building, you need to evacuate now. Will update ASAP.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UTArlington/status/1885096734042276262",
      "sourceDescription": "@UTArlington seq 1",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch 2026-09-14. sha256 5926266db69510778a3fa8c4eb2417fe550836c31c902cf85345d59ca356a046 chars=160.",
        "Thread walked 2026-09-14 @UTArlington: evacuate, under control, continue stay out, fire out. No other MavAlerts +/-48h for this incident.",
        "Official Urgent MavAlert colon (not bang) on seq 1."
      ],
      "characterCount": 160
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-01-30T16:51:27-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Urgent MavAlert! The fire in the natural gas well site is under control. Please remain out of the surrounding area until further notice.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UTArlington/status/1885098531133780095",
      "sourceDescription": "@UTArlington seq 2",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch 2026-09-14. sha256 4c6410200af4da8f930184fa980c1b0d5203efd3a749a0cff8e9ca05dc479021 chars=136.",
        "Official bang after Urgent MavAlert."
      ],
      "characterCount": 136
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-01-30T17:28:17-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Urgent MavAlert! The fire in the natural gas well site is under control. Please continue to remain out of the surrounding area until further notice.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UTArlington/status/1885107798473683270",
      "sourceDescription": "@UTArlington seq 3",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch 2026-09-14. sha256 618a442e775a57e37c2bcddb23025ec1590631bb493c2ec1d8cb86dced52ea7d chars=148.",
        "Continue to remain out of the surrounding area."
      ],
      "characterCount": 148
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2025-01-30T17:41:54-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Urgent MavAlert! The fire in the natural gas well site is out. The threat has passed. Resume normal campus operations.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UTArlington/status/1885111223823286501",
      "sourceDescription": "@UTArlington seq 4",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch 2026-09-14. sha256 59aedb0b0869e0c64a55ba9f0acd4ecf1861d8876c4ec3f3cbdfbc54d341e3ae chars=118.",
        "Fire out; threat passed."
      ],
      "characterCount": 118
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official MavAlert products on [@UTArlington](https://x.com/UTArlington). Distinct from the [April 2026 thunderstorm shelter](https://x.com/UTArlington/status/2048249370869682410).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Gas-well fire next to Continuing Education produced a four-message MavAlert thread in under an hour."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@UTArlington gas-well evacuate",
      "url": "https://x.com/UTArlington/status/1885096734042276262",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UTArlington under control",
      "url": "https://x.com/UTArlington/status/1885098531133780095",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UTArlington continue stay out",
      "url": "https://x.com/UTArlington/status/1885107798473683270",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UTArlington fire out",
      "url": "https://x.com/UTArlington/status/1885111223823286501",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "tx",
    "fire"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-14",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-14",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}