The situation was contained as of 5 p.m., and the building will remain closed until further notice.
Irvine Hall temporarily closed Friday afternoon after the Ohio University Police Department was made aware of a "potentially unsafe environmental condition" involving a small amount of stored chemicals, according to an alert on OU's website.
As of 5 p.m., the situation was contained and the building will remain unaccessible until "the fire department team has arrived and assessed the situation," according to the alert.
The building was evacuated due to a chemical storage issue, according to tweets from OUPD's Twitter account.
Irvine Hall has been evacuated due to a potentially unsafe environmental condition. Stay out of the building until further notice.
— OhioUniversityPolice (@oupolice) November 20, 2015
The situation at Irvine involves a chemical storage issue. It is not a criminal incident and the evacuation is precautionary.
— OhioUniversityPolice (@oupolice) November 20, 2015
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