At 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, Dec.8, a water pipe burst on the outside of the Onyx building in the Lorey I. Lokey Science complex, causing for students and librarians to evacuate and wait outside for half an hour.

As of 12:45 p.m. the pipe was not fixed and although the water was turned off around noon water was still running outside the building for another hour.

According to manager of the Onyx library, Lara Nesselroad, the last occasion of a water pipe bursting due to weather conditions occurred over a decade ago.

“I have never seen this before and so when it occurred it was surprising just because this hasn’t been seen in over a decade,” Nesselroad said.

Currently the water pipe will not affect the hours of operation of the library, Onyx continues to run on short hours from 11 a.m. till 4 p.m.

It is unclear if weather conditions are the cause of it.