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Blackout shuts down power to campus buildings

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A rolling blackout affected portions of the IU-Bloomington campus Thursday night. Franklin Hall and Herman B Wells Library are among those affected. 

Two Bloomington Fire Department trucks arrived outside Franklin Hall, and IU Police Department cadets were on scene around 8:20 p.m. Students were forced to evacuate as an alarm sounded.



The power has since returned but Chuck Carney, IU's director of media relations, said the University is still working to learn what happened. Carney said there was an issue with Duke Energy, but the exact nature of the problem is uncertain.

This article will be updated as more information becomes available. 

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