Editor’s note: This story was updated at 12:28 p.m. after various repairs by ATMOS Energy had been completed.

The gas leak at Gatton Academy/Florence Schneider Hall is now under control, and it is safe to enter the building, WKU announced at 12:17 p.m., Wednesday.

WKU reported a gas leak at the Gatton Academy in a message to the community at 10:04 a.m., Wednesday, and a cautionary evacuation was issued.

WKUPD Chief Mitchell Walker told the Herald that ATMOS Energy had arrived at the building Wednesday morning and was working to assess and repair an external gas leak. Walker said that he does not believe any students were in the building at the time of WKU’s cautionary evacuation.

Walker said that it would probably be several hours before the building opened again.

“Until then, please avoid the immediate area,” university spokesperson Jace Lux told the Herald Wednesday morning.

The university said it will release additional information when it is made available.

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