{
  "id": "2024-10-17-university-of-vermont-spear-street-gas-leak",
  "slug": "university-of-vermont-spear-street-gas-leak-2024-10-17",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Vermont",
    "shortName": "UVM",
    "state": "VT",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "CatAlert",
    "alertPlatform": "Rave Mobile Safety",
    "enrollment": 14000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-17",
    "type": "gas-leak",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "A natural gas leak closes Spear Street, then traffic returns",
    "headlinePublic": "A natural gas leak closes Spear Street, then traffic returns",
    "summary": "A CatAlert said a natural gas leak had closed Spear Street to all traffic and told people to avoid the area until an all clear. A follow-up said the incident was resolved and traffic had returned to normal.",
    "outcome": "The incident was reported resolved and traffic patterns were reported back to normal."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-10-17T09:08:31-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UVM CatAlert: There is a natural gas leak on Spear Street. Spear Street is closed to all traffic at this time. Avoid the area until you receive an all clear.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UVM_EM/status/1846901103155466602",
      "sourceDescription": "UVM CatAlert, Spear Street gas leak",
      "characterCount": 157,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads matched sha256 8369798e2ff51d4afde9db7ab6a10634ac8dbdb0c5082bc50f463848c692ac03.",
        "Official posts on the same Spear Street gas-leak incident."
      ]
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-10-17T09:12:56-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "The incident on Spear Street has been resolved. Traffic patterns have returned to normal.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UVM_EM/status/1846902216395051357",
      "sourceDescription": "UVM CatAlert, Spear Street resolved",
      "characterCount": 89,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads matched sha256 53633e7868889f9de25123ff509a1b25d6e90aebc12f217d5a9f2df49d730418.",
        "Official posts on the same Spear Street gas-leak incident."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "context": "The two posts are four minutes apart. A March 2024 drink-spiking letter on a different page differed between reads and is not in this file.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Spear Street was closed to all traffic, then reopened."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UVM CatAlert, Spear Street gas leak",
      "url": "https://x.com/UVM_EM/status/1846901103155466602",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "No SPN save this batch. Snapshot not requested while other reads were in flight. Two reads sha256 8369798e2ff51d4afde9db7ab6a10634ac8dbdb0c5082bc50f463848c692ac03."
    },
    {
      "title": "UVM CatAlert, Spear Street resolved",
      "url": "https://x.com/UVM_EM/status/1846902216395051357",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "No SPN save this batch. Snapshot not requested while other reads were in flight. Two reads sha256 53633e7868889f9de25123ff509a1b25d6e90aebc12f217d5a9f2df49d730418."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2024",
    "gas-leak",
    "public-r1"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}