A power outage has caused Barnes Campbell Hall to close at 6 p.m. tonight, Housing and Residence Life tweeted. 

Due to the low temperatures, HRL is opening Hugh Poland Hall to students who need a place to stay for the night. Repairs are scheduled to be complete tonight, the tweet states. 

Barnes is also one of the dorms which offers extended living and stays open over winter break. 

HRL is expected to provide an update on Barnes and when it will reopen tomorrow morning. 

{{tncms-inline account=”WKU Housing” html=”<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Due to the power outage, Barnes Campbell will close at 6pm tonight. Repairs are scheduled to be complete overnight, but with the frigid temperatures, we are opening Hugh Poland hall to students who need a place to stay for the night. <a href="https://twitter.com/wku?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wku</a></p>— WKU Housing (@wkuhrl) <a href="https://twitter.com/wkuhrl/status/953373460109160449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2018</a></blockquote>” id=”https://twitter.com/wkuhrl/status/953373460109160449″ type=”twitter”}}

{{tncms-inline account=”WKU Housing” html=”<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our staff will be calling all students in the next hour to arrange rooms at Hugh Poland. Students may also call the Barnes desk at 270.936.4851 until 6pm, for more information. Hugh Poland will open at 3:30pm. <a href="https://twitter.com/wku?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wku</a></p>— WKU Housing (@wkuhrl) <a href="https://twitter.com/wkuhrl/status/953373674484191233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2018</a></blockquote>” id=”https://twitter.com/wkuhrl/status/953373674484191233″ type=”twitter”}}

{{tncms-inline account=”WKU Housing” html=”<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We will provide an update at 10 am on Wednesday about Barnes and when it will reopen.</p>— WKU Housing (@wkuhrl) <a href="https://twitter.com/wkuhrl/status/953383293696774145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2018</a></blockquote>” id=”https://twitter.com/wkuhrl/status/953383293696774145″ type=”twitter”}}

The Herald will update this story as more information becomes available.