The Eugene Springfield Fire Department on Sunday responded to reports of a natural gas leak in Willamette Hall. No leak was found when officials investigated the building.

The agency responded when a professor forwarded emails from students who claimed to smell the odor of natural gas on the second floor of the building. A hazardous waste material handling team also responded to the scene, something officials say is standard protocol when this kind of call comes in.

“Once you initiate 9-1-1, you get the while package,” battalion chief Lance Lighty said.

The hazmat team left the scene once fire department officials concluded that there was no threat inside the building.

Physics GTF Dash Vitullo was working in his office when he heard the fire alarm go off. He said that it’s not unusual for the alarm to go off when foreign scents from nearby buildings or experiments make their way inside Willamette.

“But I don’t know if that has anything to do with the current situation,” he said.