Multiple GWU Buildings Evacuated After Fuel Spill at Lisner Hall

The GW Hatchet has the story on the leak, reported to the University Police Department at around 8:30 p.m. last night. One or both of two underground heating oil tanks adjacent to Lisner Hall spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel into the auditorium's basement. The entire law school complex was evacuated and approximately sixty students were escorted from several buildings, including the law library. According to the Hatchet's reporting, the incident has been classified by school officials as a heating oil fuel spill and has been contained.