{
  "id": "2025-09-20-virginia-peninsula-community-college-kecoughtan-hall-fire",
  "slug": "virginia-peninsula-community-college-kecoughtan-hall-fire-2025-09-20",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Virginia Peninsula Community College",
    "shortName": "VPCC",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Gator Alert",
    "enrollment": 9000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-09-20",
    "type": "fire",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "VPCC Kecoughtan Hall fire evacuation (Sep 20, 2025)",
    "headlinePublic": "VPCC Kecoughtan Hall fire evacuation (Sep 20, 2025)",
    "summary": "Virginia Peninsula Community College [issued a Gator Alert reporting a fire in Kecoughtan Hall on the Hampton Campus and ordering evacuation](https://www.vpcc.edu/about/department-of-police-safety-and-security/vpcc-alert-updates/), later [all-cleared after the fire was extinguished](https://www.vpcc.edu/about/department-of-police-safety-and-security/vpcc-alert-updates/).",
    "outcome": "Fire extinguished; all-clear; building prepared to reopen."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2025-09-20",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "VPCC GATOR ALERT: FIRE reported in Kecoughtan Hall on the Hampton Campus. Calmly and safely EVACUATE the building. Info: https://www.vpcc.edu/alert-updates",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.vpcc.edu/about/department-of-police-safety-and-security/vpcc-alert-updates/",
      "sourceDescription": "VPCC Gator Alert Kecoughtan fire evacuate",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim Gator Alert text archived on official VPCC alert-updates page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 155
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "2025-09-20",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "VPCC Gator Alert: ALL CLEAR issued for previous alert/protective action order. Return to normal schedules & operations. Info: https://www.vpcc.edu/alert-updates",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.vpcc.edu/about/department-of-police-safety-and-security/vpcc-alert-updates/",
      "sourceDescription": "VPCC Gator Alert fire all clear",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim Gator Alert text archived on official VPCC alert-updates page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 160
    }
  ],
  "context": "Wider b256 VPCC Gator Alert archive residual Kecoughtan Hall fire sequence.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Building fire evacuation Gator Alert with all-clear."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "VPCC alert updates archive",
      "url": "https://www.vpcc.edu/about/department-of-police-safety-and-security/vpcc-alert-updates/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "virginia",
    "fire",
    "community-college",
    "wider-reach",
    "gator-alert"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}