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No person, without expressed permission ofThe Chronicle, may take more than one copy of any Chronicle issue. p Find us on Facebook: X CHRONY ENTREPRENEUR EUROPE EXPLOSION FIRE CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS facebook.com/TheChrony F WALK THE RED CARPET It's the last Crimson Nights of the year, so head on over to the Union tonight after 9 p.m. with your UCard for free entrance to a party with everything from a red carpet (no, really) to an oxygen bar. TANK TGIF UNFRIENDED UTE TODAY GONE GIRL Another hit goes on the big screen for ASUU's Free Film Series. Head on up to the Post Theatre in Fort Douglas at 7 p.m. for the show and psssssst... did we mention there's free candy? A FUNNY THING... If togas and hilarity are up your alley, think about catching Babcock Theatre's staging of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" this evening. Student tickets are $8.50. EXPLOSION EVACUATES CHEM LAB W BY COURTNEY TANNER /NEWS EDITOR PHOTO BY CHRIS SAMUELS hen the explosion went off, the first thing Shantel Leithead saw was the walls quivering. The second thing was smoke. Leithead, a senior, was sitting in a biochemistry class in the Henry Eyring Building (HEB) Thursday morning when a chemical reaction went off in the adjoining preparation room. As alarms sounded overhead, Leithead and her classmates were evacuated from the building. "It was more of a surprise because we didn't know what was going on',' she said. "We were all in shock." Crews from the Salt Lake City Fire Department arrived on scene at 11 a.m. By then, a white fog had filled the first floor and basement. Responders cleared HEB and the connected Thatcher Building for Biological and Biophysical Chemistry. The team is currently investigating what caused the explosion. The small reaction was contained in a storage cabinet made of sheetrock, and the small fire was extinguished by an overhead sprinkler. Damage was contained to just the cabinet, which melted from the resulting heat. The responding HAZMAT team found ammonia, chlorine, sulfur dioxide and traces of hydrochloric acid in the air — all hazardous elements Jasen Asay, spokesperson for SLC Fire, said are "not anything you would want to breathe." Potential side effects from exposure to the chemicals can include nausea, vomiting and trouble breathing. Asay said no students or faculty reported injury. Responders later worked to vent the fumes with fans blowing air from the west side of the building out the east side. "Everything went well',' Asay said. "We were able to safely get all of the bad air out of the building:' He was unsure how many students were ultimately evacuated, but the building was turned over to the State Fire Marshal's Office and the U's Department of Environmental Health and Safety around 2 p.m. While the explosion was likely unplanned, Asay said the university followed all proper lab procedures. He said: "It appears that everything was done correctly by the U to be safe:' c.tanner@chronicle.utah.edu @CourtneyLTanner 00 Donate plasma today and earn up to $300 a month! letters @ chronicle .uta 2 THECHRONY Who knew I could earn money, save lives, and get free wi-fi at the same time? 2978 South State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84115 0 0 801-485-5085 Scan for an insider look at the plasma donation process Follow us on Twitter: @TheChrony G3C3C? o CO8000013 o Ci53 0 Even hamste-rs:writeyletters To scan and view content, you must download a QR code reader from your App store. 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