A building housing chemicals at the University of Wollongong was evacuated on Saturday afternoon because of a burst pipe.
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A UOW spokesman said the leak was near a laboratory where chemicals were stored that could have posed a risk of reaction if exposed to water.
The leak in Building 41 – the Sciences Building – was reported around 10am on Saturday.
The UOW spokesman said the building was evacuated and NSW Fire and Rescue called.
Police and ambulance crews were also called to the scene.
NSW Fire and Rescue’s HAZMAT team arrived and inspected the building, before giving it the all-clear.
The building was reopened by 12.15pm, the spokesman said.
The burst pipe was isolated and has since been repaired.
Glen Humphries
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
