Hazmat and police first responders dealt with a liquid nitrogen leak in the Integrated Sciences Building Tuesday afternoon.
The leak led to students, faculty and staff evacuating the building. The leak occurred due to a problem with a 50-lb liquid nitrogen tank in a student lab on the third floor, according to Kent Fire Department Captain Jeff Kyler.
20 fire department first responders were dispatched at 1:09 p.m. and allowed occupants back in the building at 2:09 p.m., according to Kyler. Campus police also responded to the incident and called for the building’s evacuation prior to the fire department’s arrival…