{
  "id": "2020-09-14-university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-hazardous-materials-response-at-m",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-hazardous-materials-response-at-m-2020-09-14",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2020-09-14",
    "type": "hazmat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "UW Alert Seattle: Hazardous materials response at MolES Building",
    "headlinePublic": "UW Alert Seattle: Hazardous materials response at MolES Building",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/09/14/uw-alert-seattle-41/) on or about 2020-09-14. 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 2020-09-14",
      "verbatimText": "[Update at 11:55 a.m.]: Seattle Fire Department officials have investigated and cleared the hazardous materials response at the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Building. An alarm was triggered due to an issue with the ventilation system in the building. There was no leak or release of hazardous materials. Anyone who is authorized to work in the building is allowed to re-enter.\n\n[Update at 11:28 a.m.]: The Seattle Fire Department is responding to a possible hazardous materials incident inside the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Building near Grant Lane and Stevens Way. Please avoid the area until further notice. More updates will be provided here as they become available.\n\n[ORIGINAL POST: 11:22 a.m.]: SFD responding to possible HazMat incident @ Molecular Eng & Sciences Bldg. Avoid area. Updates: alert.uw.edu\n\nSent at 11:22 a.m. Mon",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/09/14/uw-alert-seattle-41/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 845,
      "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 MolES Building",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/09/14/uw-alert-seattle-41/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "hazmat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}