{
  "id": "2021-10-28-university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-hazardous-materials-response-at-e",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-hazardous-materials-response-at-e-2021-10-28",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-10-28",
    "type": "hazmat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "UW Alert Seattle: Hazardous materials response at Electrical and Computer Engineering",
    "headlinePublic": "UW Alert Seattle: Hazardous materials response at Electrical and Computer Engineering",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/10/28/uw-alert-seattle-hazardous-materials-response-at-paul-g-allen-center/) on or about 2021-10-28. 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 2021-10-28",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE at 7:20 p.m: All clear. The hazardous materials response is complete and Seattle Fire Department has secured the area. The lab where the chemical spill occurred was in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, which is connected to the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering.\n\nUPDATE at 6:47 p.m.: The person involved with the hazardous materials spill has been decontaminated and has no injuries. The lab where the spill occurred will be closed, locked, decontaminated and cleaned.\n\nORIGINAL POST at 6:30 p.m.: Seattle Fire Department is responding to a hazardous materials spill near the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering (map). Please avoid the area. Updates will be provided here as available.\n\nUW incident update: one person has some of the leaked substance on their clothes and is getting a decontamination wash down.\n\n- Seattle Fire Dept. (@SeattleFire) October 29, 2021",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/10/28/uw-alert-seattle-hazardous-materials-response-at-paul-g-allen-center/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 933,
      "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: Hazardous materials response at Electrical and Computer Engineering Building",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/10/28/uw-alert-seattle-hazardous-materials-response-at-paul-g-allen-center/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "hazmat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}