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UMKC Evacuates Building After Nearby Gas Leak

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Published September 4, 2014 at 11:37 AM CDT

Police evacuated the University of Missouri-Kansas City's Health Sciences Building Thursday morning after city crews working at 25th and Holmes reported a gas leak.

A UMKC spokesman estimates some 200 faculty, staff and students were evacuated from the Health Sciences building. It houses the schools of pharmacy and nursing.