‼️🔔 BREAKING: Texas Tech Explosion Chaos—Substation Blast Sparks Fires & Blackouts! 🚨 DEVELOPING: On March 12, 2025, 9:40 PM CDT, Texas Tech University in Lubbock’s reeling—an explosion at a power substation around 7:30 PM CDT rocked the campus, igniting multiple fires and plunging Texas Tech and the Health Sciences Center into darkness, per TTU’s X alerts. The Engineering Key’s evacuated after a gas odor turned into a full-blown crisis—Lubbock Fire Rescue’s battling blazes, with “yellow and green flames” bursting from manholes, per KCBD video. TTU Police’s Caitlynn Jeffries says the whole campus is shutting power for repairs—TTUHSC’s cleared too. First alert hit 7:30 PM CDT; by 8:42 PM, it was “avoid the area” time. No injuries yet, cause unknown—X buzz screams “chemical fire,” but it’s unconfirmed. #TexasTechExplosion #LubbockFires Campus crisis—accident or negligence? What’s your take, drop it below! 👇🏼 🎥 Rusty Sureta