Students and staff were evacuated from the main library at LAC after a brief power outage triggered the fire alarm on Wednesday afternoon.
The power outage, which lasted less than a minute, occured in multiple buildings on campus.
After a 15 minute delay, students and staff were readmitted to the library after it was confirmed that it was a false alarm.
The crowd of approximately 40 people waited patiently outside until they were given permission to re-enter the library.
“This was most likely related to the power outage,” librarian Colin Williams said. “Usually when the power goes out, the alarm system resets.”
This was the second time this semester that the library’s alarm was triggered by a power outage,” another librarian, Jeffery Sabol said.
Shamika Simpson was working in her office when the alarm went off and got up quickly to clear out the building.
“Problems with electricity and plumbing have been happening in this building since we came back to campus, ” Simpson said.
Students were told to gather their belongings and head to the exit. Students and staff remained calm while the building was evacuated and announced as cleared.
In these situations, staff is indicated to make sure all areas of the building are cleared and no one is left behind.
Everyone was following instructions and made it safely outside while they waited for the building to be checked.
“This is the second time the fire alarm has gone off these past weeks,” Shamika Simpson said.