LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The lights are back on at the University of Kansas after an electrical circuit failure caused widespread outages at the Lawrence campus.
Power outage reported at buildings across campus. We will provide updates here as they become available.
— University of Kansas (@KUnews) October 1, 2015
UPDATE: Today’s power outage caused steam pressure issues, which might produce temporary hot water outages in some buildings. — University of Kansas (@KUnews) October 1, 2015
The Lawrence Journal World reports that the outage happened Thursday morning. Westar representative Jaycee Breese says the university began restoring power slowly, so equipment wouldn’t be overloaded. The university says power was restored to all buildings by 12:17 p.m.
