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Maintenance hole explosion at Texas Tech University causes fires, outages and cancels classes

A maintenance hole explosion at Texas Tech University caused green flames to rise from a manhole cover, as shown in viral videos.
Emergency services responded shortly after 7 p.m. Local time due to the explosion.
Power was shut off across the campus and classes were canceled.
The university will be closed on Thursday and Friday, moving the start of spring break forward.

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