An explosion at a substation at Texas Tech University caused fire and smoke to billow out from manholes on campus, prompting ...

Authorities at Texas Tech University say an explosion inside a maintenance hole set off fires and power outages on the campus ...

“I heard an explosion and then saw a smoke ring, almost like a cartoon or something,” doctoral degree student Robert Gauthreaux III told KCBD-TV. “It traveled about 200 feet in the air.

Investigators have determined the cause of the explosion that killed three people at an auto shop in Hillsboro in 2023.

When crews arrived, they found multiple manholes belching with smoke and fire ... Several buildings were evacuated after the explosion, which occurred in the Engineering Key area of campus.

The explosion and fire sent 10 people to the hospital and displaced 87 residents from the community’s assisted living and ...