{
  "id": "2021-01-18-university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-all-clear",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-all-clear-2021-01-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-01-18",
    "type": "hazmat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "UW Alert Seattle - All clear",
    "headlinePublic": "UW Alert Seattle - All clear",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/01/18/uw-alert-seattle-42/) on or about 2021-01-18. Full text is preserved from the official emergency blog.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2021-01-18",
      "verbatimText": "[UPDATE 1:15 p.m.] All clear. Seattle Fire Department personnel could not confirm any smell of gas in the area of the J&K Wing loading dock at the Health Sciences Building and are wrapping up their response. Puget Sound Energy will continue to investigate, but the area is now clear.\n\n[UPDATE 12:57 p.m.] The Seattle Fire Department is investigating a report of the smell of gas at the J&K wing loading dock of the Health Sciences Building. Please avoid the area until further notice.\n\nMore information will be provided on this page as it becomes available.\n\n[ORIGINAL POST at 12:54 p.m.] SFD investigating smell of gas at J&K wing load dock (Health Sciences bldg). Avoid area. Info: alert.uw.edu\n\nSent at 12:54pm Mon",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/01/18/uw-alert-seattle-42/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 717,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Washington UW Alert Blog multi-update emergency archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Alert Blog page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "UW Alert Seattle - All clear",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/01/18/uw-alert-seattle-42/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "hazmat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}