UPDATE (1:04 pm): Chemical fire causes Mechanical Engineering evacuation
>>Print ViewPublication Date: 11/03/2009
Brandon Reese | Senior Photographer
Students sit outside the Mechanical Engineering Building after it was evacuated due to a fire alarm around 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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The Mechanical Engineering Building was evacuated Tuesday as Purdue University firefighters extinguished a small chemical fire.
The fire was started by a chemical reaction and was limited to a five-gallon container that was partially filled with hydrogen peroxide, water and sulfuric acid. The building was evacuated for about 55 minutes.
For more on this story, see Wednesday's Exponent.