By: Jessie Bekker
A strange odor in Smith Hall on the University of Minnesota’s East Bank prompted a campus-wide text alert of a chemical spill Friday morning, though officials couldn’t find the source of the smell.
The Minneapolis Fire Department received a call around 7:00 a.m. Friday about an odor in the building, University spokesman Steve Henneberry said. The campus was alerted near 8:00 a.m.
Unable to find the odor’s source, University officials sent a subsequent text message about 30 minutes later alerting campus the fire department cleared the building.