A natural gas leak forced the evacuation of several buildings on old University Avenue at Lathrop Street late Tuesday morning, but the gas was turned off and conditions were returning back to normal as of noon.
The cause of the leak wasn’t determined yet, but Madison Gas and Electric crews were on the scene to look for the cause.
Madison Fire Department public information officer Lori Wirth told The Capital Times that the leak was discovered in the Institute for Enzyme Research, a four-story University of Wisconsin-Madison facility in the Biochemistry Department at 1710 University Ave.