Crime & Safety
Helium Leak Causes Evacuation of 2 UConn Buildings, a 3rd Evacuated in Separate Incident
No serious injuries resulted. No word on whether the helium leak caused higher voices.
A helium leak caused the evacuation Wednesday of the Torrey Life Sciences building and the Pharmacy/Biology building at the University of Connecticut at Storrs; in a separate incident, another building on the campus was evacuated the same day, WFSB-TV reported.
Wednesday classes in both buildings were cancelled. University officials said the leak occurred from a helium tank’s pressure release valve.
In the other incident, the Information Technologies Engineering building was partly evacuated due to a chemical reaction.
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