{
  "id": "2019-09-25-university-of-washington-uw-advisory-seattle",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-advisory-seattle-2019-09-25",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2019-09-25",
    "type": "hazmat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "hazmat campus emergency notice",
    "headlinePublic": "hazmat campus emergency notice",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published an official alert](https://emergency.uw.edu/2019/09/25/uw-advisory-seattle-23/) on or about 2019-09-25. Full text is preserved from the official archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2019-09-25",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE at 8:40 p.m.: The roads near the Bowman Building are now open. Some Seattle Fire units are still on the scene, but the building is secure and the substance is contained.\n\n4600 block of Union Bay Place NE: hazmat crews contained the substance and building is secure. No injuries reported and all units returning to service. pic.twitter.com/5CnFjZCqfg\n\n- Seattle Fire Dept. (@SeattleFire) September 26, 2019\n\nhttps://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\n\nORIGINAL POST at 6:33 p.m. Seattle Fire Department officials are responding to a hydrofluoric acid spill in a lab facility in the Bowman Building (map) near the Blakely Village apartments and University Village shopping center.\n\nRoad closures are in place on Union Bay Place NE between NE 45th St. and NE 50th St. Please avoid the area.\n\nThe Bowman Building has been evacuated and one person was taken to the hospital for minor exposure. More information will be provided here as it becomes available.\n\n4600 block of Union Bay Place NE: confirmed hydrofluoric acid spill in a lab facility. Spill is confined to one area and hazmat crews are making their way into building to contain the substance. One patient in stable condition transported to HMC by our paramedics.\n\n- Seattle Fire Dept. (@SeattleFire) September 26, 2019\n\nhttps://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\n\n4600 block of Union Bay Place NE: building is completely evacuated. No additional patients have been identified. pic.twitter.com/LvhwYN8kJj\n\n- Seattle Fire Dept. (@SeattleFire) September 26, 2019\n\nhttps://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2019/09/25/uw-advisory-seattle-23/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1557,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official UW Alert archive entry.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "UW Advisory Seattle",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2019/09/25/uw-advisory-seattle-23/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "hazmat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}