University of Nevada, Reno Police and Reno Fire responded to a report of a potential gas smell in the Pennington Student Achievement Center at roughly 11:30 a.m. this morning. The report turned out to be a false alarm and the building was cleared for re-entry about 20 minutes later, shortly before 11:51 a.m, according to I. Zerhouni, a UNRPD officer dispatched to the site.
Students were alerted via text about the report and response at 11:31 a.m. All four floors of the building, including the counseling center and tutoring offices, were evacuated.
“Two officers, along with FD [fire department] were dispatched,” Zerhouni said. “Officers made contact with the reporting party, who took responders to [room] 230.”
Responders detected no smell of gas in the room, and notification was sent out for the all-clear shortly after, according to Zerhouni.
“Might’ve been a bad lunch,” Zerhouni joked.
Peregrine Hart can be reached at peregrineh@unr.edu or on Instagram @pintofperegrine.
